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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

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Jason Nocera anticipated law enforcement authorities might raid his debt collecting business. In 2019, debt collector Douglas MacKinnon and his Buffalo area companies, Northern Resolution Group, and Enhanced Acquisitions, agreed to pay $60 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Source: site.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

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Welcome to the world of illegal debt collections. The National Consumer Law Center calls Buffalo “an epicenter” of fraudulent debt collection activity. There are 156 debt collection companies – some of them legitimate, some not – in those two counties, employing more than 3,400 people, according to the state Labor Department.