Sawin & Shea

JULY 20, 2022

Many individuals experience unwanted contact from debt collectors and are unsure how to approach the situation. Businesses or individuals who collect debts on behalf of others are known as debt collectors. The majority of debt collectors work for reputable collection companies.

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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. Creditors must have a legal basis and a set of evidence debt payment demand.

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FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have the power to tell debt collectors to turn over their attorney-client privileged communications? Thus, the Bureau effectively believes it can obtain the privileged documents of any debt collector in the country. The answer may depend on who you ask.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 11, 2021

Miller, a Kenmore debt collector, is under investigation by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents for alleged wire fraud in connection with unlawful debt collecting. A Kenmore debt collector may have ended up hounding the wrong guy for a debt his mother allegedly owed. Provided by Mark M.

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Sawin & Shea

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Creditors are governed by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. As such, they’re required to only send collection letters that are truthful, correct, not misleading, and do not provide false information. Many collection companies, however, skirt these rules and do not comply.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 19, 2021

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.

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