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Debt Collectors Banned From Industry In Settlement With FTC

Account Recovery

A debt collection company based in Atlanta and its owners have been permanently banned from the industry and will pay $266,000 out of a $3 million penalty under the terms of a settlement announced by the Federal Trade Commission, which had sued the company and its owners for threatening to have consumers arrested and imprisoned … The post Debt (..)

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What is Credit Control and How to be a better Debt Collector

Debt Recoveries

To guarantee that everyone is on the same page with regard to payment expectations, clearly explain these terms to your consumers through written agreements or terms of trade documentation. This entails carrying out rigors credit checks, which may entail examining bank statements, trade references, and credit reports. or 1300 799 511.

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Action by FTC and Pennsylvania Leads to Permanent Ban For Debt Collectors That Targeted Businesses, Non-Profits, First Responders

Collection Industry News

As a result of actionby the Federal Trade Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, debt collection company International Credit Recovery, Inc. The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition and protect and educate consumers. ICR), officer Richard Diorio, Jr.,

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FTC settement bans bogus debt collectors from collections

Public Citizen

An Atlanta-based debt collection company and its owners will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC's press release is here.

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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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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. Gregory MacKinnon, Angela Burdorf, Joseph Ciffa.

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Debt Collectors, Payday Lenders Collected Over $500 Million In Federal Pandemic Relief

Collection Industry News

Yet the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program last year also gave the company a helping hand: It provided $2.4 Those were just two of more than 1,800 loans that went to debt collectors and high-interest lenders through the Paycheck Protection Program, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.