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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

State Activities: On February 28, New York AG Letitia James (D) announced that her office secured more than $650,000 from a debt collection law firm and its subsidiary for filing allegedly frivolous lawsuits and “harming … New Yorkers.” For more information, click here. s Municipal Regulations. s Municipal Regulations.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On November 7, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that, in 2023 alone, the cumulative penalty amount stemming from consent orders it entered with digital asset-based companies totaled $4.3 For more information, click here. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

Collection Industry News

Welcome to the world of illegal debt collections. Here are snapshots of some cases against debt collectors that the State Attorney General’s Office, Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement agencies have pursued in the past decade. Bella was also permanently banned from the debt collection industry. Assistant U.S.