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Concerns over prohibition against debt collection service

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Entities are performing debt collection activities. 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. of these people. of these people.

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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

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Here are snapshots of some other cases against debt collectors in Western New York that the State Attorney General’s Office, Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement agencies have pursued in the past decade: Douglas MacKinnon. A judgment of $22.5 million judgment to resolve a lawsuit filed by the FTC and attorney general.

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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. In recent years, authorities have either fined, seized or issued judgments totaling $120.4