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If you've ever been harassed by an unscrupulous debt collector, you'll be glad to hear that the state attorney general's office cracked down on two really awful firms operating out of Western New York last week. That is, until you hear what the "crackdown" consisted of.
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A judgment obtained by an unregistered debt collector is void, an Illinois appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment. A debt collector obtained a $3,300 judgment against the defendant for an unpaid Citibank credit card bill.
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Over the years I have heard some very extreme reactions to debt collectors from changing phone numbers, moving, hiding assets and lastly, threats of suicide. People tend to have a natural fear when it comes to dealing with debt collectors. Fear is described in many circles as an acronym-false evidence appearing real. The dictionary meaning of fear is an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by expectation or awareness of danger. What impending dangers do debt collectors pose on consumers? *Debt collectors may not use false, deceptive or misleading representation. A debt collector cannot pose as a government official or attorney in an attempt to collect on a debt. A debt collector cannot implicate that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest, imprisonment, seizure of assets, g...
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For years, authorities across the U.S. have accused Bergen County debt collector Jack H. Boyajian of using illegal methods to squeeze debtors. Now, the federal government, saying he owes $666,219 in back taxes, is demanding Boyajian pay his own debt -- and going after a multimillion-dollar home in Saddle River it says he owns.
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A fugitive debt collector from Buffalo who faces 15 years in state prison was captured outside a Pittsburgh hotel Monday. Tobias W. Boyland, 45, was arrested at about 11:30 a.m. by a federal-state fugitive task force outside a Red Roof Inn on the outskirts of downtown Pittsburgh and held overnight in Allegheny County Jail pending court proceedings today.
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One industry that continues to hire is the one industry with which few individuals want to conduct business. The debt collection industry is seeing increased demand for its services, and as a result is seeking more employees. The latest example locally came Thursday afternoon when National Asset Recovery Services held a six-hour job fair at the Ameristar Casinos complex in St. Charles.
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Over the years I have heard some very extreme reactions to debt collectors-from changing phone numbers, moving, hiding assets and lastly, threats of suicide. People tend to have a natural fear when it comes to dealing with debt collectors. Fear is described in many circles as an acronym false evidence appearing real. The dictior nary meaning of fear is an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by expectation or awareness of danger. What impending dangers do debt collectors pose on consumers? * Debt collectors may not use false, deceptive or misleading representation. A debt collector cannot pose as a government official or attorney in an attempt to collect on a debt. A debt collecttor cannot implicate that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest, imprisonment, seizure of asset...
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In its efforts to get former Dunbar Mayor Roger Wolfe to pay more than $26,000 in fines for unethical conduct, the state Ethics Commission will now hire a debt collector. The commission fined him in 2011 over a number of invoices he submitted to the city clerk's office for reimbursement.
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A debt collector that sent collection letters concerning obsolete debts to 40,000 individuals could be liable for statutory damages under both federal and state law, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a $225,000 class award. The defendant sent collection letters to 40,000 California residents concerning debts that were more than seven years old. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, none of those debts could be reported to a credit reporting agency.
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California-based Defendant Ran Phantom Debt Collection Scheme from His Home, FTC Alleges WASHINGTON, April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to charges from the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that the agency alleges collected phantom payday loan debts that consumers either didn't owe to the defendants or didn't owe at all. The defendants' scheme involved more than 2.7 million calls to at least 600,000 different phone numbers nationwide, according to the FTC. In less than two years, they fraudulently collected more than $5.2 million from consumers, many of whom were strapped for cash and thought the money they were paying would be applied to loans they owed, according to FTC documents filed with the court.
