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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

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In 2019, debt collector Douglas MacKinnon and his Buffalo area companies, Northern Resolution Group, and Enhanced Acquisitions, agreed to pay $60 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York State Attorney General’s Office over his unlawful debt collection practices.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

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The National Consumer Law Center calls Buffalo “an epicenter” of fraudulent debt collection activity. There are 156 debt collection companies – some of them legitimate, some not – in those two counties, employing more than 3,400 people, according to the state Labor Department. million against debt collectors in Western New York.

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A giant US hospital chain says it’s leading the fight against medical debt. Not all patients agree

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Hospitals across the country have comeunder firefor aggressive billing and collections as an estimated 41% of US adults 100 million people struggle with medical debt. Under North Carolina law, a debt judgment is issued by the court when a creditor successfully sues a debtor.