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CFPB Reaches Settlement With Debt Collector Over Deceptive Practices

Collection Industry News

Last week, the CFPB issued a Consent Order against a New Jersey based debt-collection agency (Agency) over allegations that the Agency regularly violated the FDCPA and the CFPA in the course of their collection activity.

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What Is a Judgment?

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Quasi in rem: Quasi in rem judgments consider the legal rights of individuals and not necessarily all parties involved. Ultimately, if you don’t pay a debt , the lender or bill collector can file a lawsuit against you to recoup the money. What if the loan company or debt collector has already started the lawsuit?

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FTC Sends More Than $540,000 in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Phantom and Abusive Debt Collection Scheme

Collection Industry News

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $540,000 in refunds to consumers who paid a group of abusive debt collectors who threatened consumers with lawsuits or arrest if they failed to pay debt that they might not have even owed.

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Compliance Digest – October 28

Account Recovery

Plaintiff’s counsel is on a state-wide rampage trying to hold debt buyers and debt collectors liable under an obscure licensing statute. WHAT THIS MEANS, FROM CHUCK DODGE OF HUDSON COOK: This decision is a mixed one for the defendant, a law firm. The ruling, delivered by Judge Daphne A.

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