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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

Collection Industry News

In 2018, Homeland Security Investigations agents got a search warrant and seized $242,088 from Nocera’s business and personal bank accounts, after convincing a judge there was probable cause to believe the funds were derived from unlawful debt collecting and wire fraud. A judgment of $22.5 million Clarence residence.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

Collection Industry News

Ciffa’s offices in Niagara Falls and Kenmore, debt collectors intimidated their victims with illegal threats of arrests and lawsuits. According to federal prosecutors, an elderly cancer patient in Texas was so rattled by the threats that she borrowed $500 from her sister to help pay off a debt of $1,285. Source: site.

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Concerns over prohibition against debt collection service

Collection Industry News

Debt collection means requiring debtors to pay creditors outstanding due or overdue amount or property as obligated by a contract or by a decision of a competent State’s authority. In addition to debt collectors operating under Decree No. Creditors must have a legal basis and a set of evidence debt payment demand.

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FTC Strips Debt Collector’s Assets and Requires Deletion of All Reported Debts as Penalty for “Debt Parking”

Troutman Sanders

Midwest Recovery Systems (“Midwest Recovery”), a debt collection company, must cease its alleged debt-parking practices, delete all reported debts, and surrender its remaining assets in partial payment of a $24.3 Finally, the order included a judgment for $24.3

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How will Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Mgmt. Impact The Collections Industry?

Credit Management Company

Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. and what it could mean for the debt collection industry. The debt collection company electronically sent the following information to its third-party vendor: The consumer’s name and address. The debt concerned his son’s medical treatment.

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How To Remove Portfolio Recovery From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Portfolio Recovery will buy old debt for pennies on the dollar. By purchasing old debt, Portfolio Recovery becomes the debt collector, gambling that it can collect on the debt and make a profit. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act outlines your rights as a consumer.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On April 27, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. On April 26, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion, reminding the industry that a debt collector who brings or threatens to bring a foreclosure action to collect a time-barred mortgage debt may violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.