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Phantom debts, real anguish
(Wednesday, June 30, 2010)
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NY AG Cuomo Tags Frank Santiago
(Wednesday, June 02, 2010)
New York Sues Debt Collectors For Alleged Abuses
Authorities continue to scrutinize behavior of debt collectors
June 1, 2010
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has
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Stealing the Kids' I.D.
(Thursday, June 17, 2010)
Financial abuses of deadbeat parents
CNNMoney.com staff reporter Blake Ellis
NEW YORK -- For parents who've wrecked their own credit rating, cashing in on junior's clean financial history
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Zenith Acquisition Corp
(Monday, June 14, 2010)
EEOC faults Amherst firm
Courtesy - The Buffalo News
The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that an Amherst collections firm violated a former employee’s
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Nicolia Rents Name for $141K?
(Monday, June 07, 2010)
State tries to close 2 local debt collectors
Lawsuits target firms run by Hamburg man
By Dan Herbeck
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
State attorneys filed lawsuits Tuesday against two Hambu
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WV AG Sues Cavalry
(Thursday, June 03, 2010)
Cavalry Portfolio Sued by WV AG for Collecting Without License
AG Darrell McGraw Sues Four Unlicensed Collection Agencies
NY companies failed to comply with subpoena, Seattle firm added illegal
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Media Request
(Tuesday, June 22, 2010)
Major Print Media is looking to interview consumers in the Washington, D.C. area who were pursued by debt collectors even though they didn't owe any debt to those collectors.
If this is you,
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Credit Line Deletion for Cash?
(Wednesday, May 26, 2010)
If you succumbed to an offer by junk debt buyer and collector Palisades Collection, LLC of Englewood Cliffs, NJ (aka Asta Funding) you should not find any information regarding that account in your
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Regent & Associates, P.C.
(Wednesday, June 16, 2010)
If you are contacted by or involved in legal proceedings with:
Regent & Associates, P.C.
2650 Fountain View Dr. #233
Houston, TX 77057
Please contact us for assistance and referral to a l
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FTC 1, Robocalls 0
(Monday, May 24, 2010)
At FTC’s Request, Court Stops Deceptive Telemarketing Calls Pitching Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has put a stop to thre
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David Faith & Associates
(Friday, May 21, 2010)
Denver debt collection agency run by felon barred from business in Colorado
By Howard Pankratz The Denver Post
A debt collection agency run by a convicted felon
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New York City Tightens Rules
(Wednesday, May 19, 2010)
Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz announced new regulations for debt collectors yesterday in an attempt to prevent New Yorkers from being harassed f
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CollectCorp closes call center
(Monday, May 17, 2010)
CollectCorp closes Middleburg Heights call center
By Shaheen Samavati, The Plain Dealer
May 4, 2009: Phone-based service firms drawn to Northeast Ohio
CollectCorp, a Phoenix debt coll
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CARD ACT shows rates falling some...
(Monday, May 17, 2010)
By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY (AP)
NEW YORK — Consumers struggling to pay their bills in the first few months of the year got an immediate benefit from credit card reforms.
Late credit card payments
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Healthcare Reform
(Wednesday, May 05, 2010)
Healthcare Reform: The Cost of Staying Alive
Four-year-old Escher Griffin was using pillows to construct something intricate in his living room. His aunt, Kacie Nicholson, asked what he was
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PA Shows Collectors the Ropes
(Tuesday, May 04, 2010)
PA Takes Debt Collectors to School - Here's What Not to Do.
Click here to see the video the State of Pennsylvania is using to persuade folks to contribute past due taxes.
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Feds go afteNew Jersey debt collector
(Monday, May 03, 2010)
Thursday, April 29, 2010
BY HUGH R. MORLEY The Record STAFF WRITER
For years, authorities across the U.S. have accused Bergen County debt collector Jack H. Boyaj
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Visa Tackles Scam Practices
(Wednesday, April 28, 2010)
Visa, one of the world's largest credit card companies, is taking aim at "scam" marketing practices that were quietly used by some of the Internet's largest retailers in recent years.
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Consumer Victory
(Tuesday, April 27, 2010)
Time to Turn Our Experience to Another Battle
Last year, consumers and America's best consumer attorneys took the battle over arbitration to the courts. While we won minor victories in skirmish
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Forced Arbitration?
(Monday, April 26, 2010)
Forced Arbitration - Consumers Need Permament Relief
File is a PDF: Click here to view:
Courtesy NCLC - National Consumer Law Center
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Lawyers Work to Keep Collectors from Court
(Friday, April 23, 2010)
Some Lawyers Want to Keep Debt Collection Out of the Courts
Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
Lauren Dickey, a law student, and Meg Ryan, a lawyer, review a client's legal issue during a clin
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National Enterprise Systems
(Monday, April 19, 2010)
Ohio Debt Collection Firm to Pay Consumers for Violations of Rights
4/13/2010
(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has secured $207,500 in consumer restitution a
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How to Avoid Debt Collection Scams
(Monday, April 19, 2010)
How to Avoid Debt Collection Scams
By Walecia Konrad
Being hounded and harassed by shady debt collectors is the ultimate nightmare. Here's how to make sure you don't fall for phony bill collection
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Settlement Companies Not the Answer
(Wednesday, April 07, 2010)
Tips for Consumers Weighing How to Settle Their Credit Card Debts
Consumers with overwhelming credit card debt may be tempted to seek help from companies that promise to erase their debt for pennies
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Annual Report to Congress
(Wednesday, April 07, 2010)
FTC Issues 2010 Fair Debt Collection Practices Report to Congress
At a time when many consumers are facing debt problems, the Federal Trade Commission has issued its annual report detailing the steps
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Consumer Protection Agency
(Thursday, March 25, 2010)
Behind Consumer Agency Idea, a Tireless Advocate
By JODI KANTOR Published: March 24, 2010 Courtesy NY Times
WASHINGTON — Ask Elizabeth Warren, scourge of W
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NJ Considers Debt Collection Law
(Tuesday, March 23, 2010)
The Associated Press
NJ Assembly to again consider debt-collection bill
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
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79.9 % Interest???
(Friday, December 18, 2009)
Credit card's newest trick: 79.9 percent interest
by Associated Press
It’s no mistake. This credit card’s interest rate is 79.9 percent.
The bloated APR is how First Premier Bank, a sub
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Credit Card Changes Start Now
(Monday, February 22, 2010)
Sweeping credit card rules now in effect
U.S. consumers will get long-awaited relief from some of the most costly and deceptive credit card tactics when the sweeping provisions of the Credit Card
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The 1099-C Dilemna
(Tuesday, February 09, 2010)
Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. & IRS Form 1099-C
Portfolio Recovery Associates, (PRA) of Virginia Beach, VA is sending out thousands of 1099-Cs for debts charged off in t
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No-show debtors losing court cases
(Wednesday, December 30, 2009)
No one is calling their bluff.
Debt collectors are filing lawsuits and winning judgments against thousands of Americans every year, often without having any concrete evidence to support their claims.
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Debtor's Prison, 2009
(Tuesday, April 07, 2009)
FOR PUBLICATION ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: KATHERINE J. RYBAK STEPHEN E. CULLEY
Evansville, IndianaIN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA &n
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Phony Collectors Scam Consumers
(Wednesday, August 12, 2009)
The BBB says the scammers already have lot of personal information about the people they call, so much so, there may be a data security breach somewhere. Scammers may have access to thousands of peopl
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American Acceptance Deletes Credit Entries!
(Monday, December 21, 2009)
READ THIS BEFORE SENDING ANY MONEY TO AMERICAN ACCEPTANCE!
(Right Click for Full Screen)
Are you sending money to American Acceptance of Colorado?
What are you getting from American Ac
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Bullying in the Industry
(Wednesday, January 06, 2010)
Buffalo, NY - When Tobias "Bags of Money" Boyland went looking for a new career after serving 13 years in prison for armed robbery and drug dealing, he quickly found some
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Six new credit card booby traps on the way
(Tuesday, January 12, 2010)
What Congress giveth, credit card companies are poised to take away.
In six weeks, the final major provisions of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act will take
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Arb Clauses Still Hide in Contracts
(Tuesday, January 19, 2010)
Forced arbitration clauses hide in consumer contracts, but bills in Congress would give consumers more choice:
By Sheryl Harris, The Plain Dealer January 18, 2010
The Question:
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MIdland Funding Fined $998K
(Monday, December 21, 2009)
Midland Funding LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., MRC Receivables Corp., and Midland Funding NCC-2 Corp., agree to pay the State of MD in Settlement Agreement for violating debt collection laws.
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Attorney Editorials
(Monday, March 15, 2010)
Attorneys: If you have an article, idea, opinion, written brief or something clever you scribbled on a napkin at a diner you think American consumers need to know, get in touch with us and let u
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