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When brokers are the enemy
SUICIDE attempts. Threats of assault by distressed investors. Debt collectors pushing investors towards bankruptcy...

Inmate Ran Collection Agency From Prison, Cuomo Says - BusinessWeek
(Updates with alleged scheme from second paragraph.) Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Lamont D. Cooper was supposed to be paying his debt to society. Instead, he ran a debt-collection company from federal prison ...

Debt-collection agency to pay $85000 fine :Collection Recon
The company told the state that it has stopped filing suits against Marylanders, but it agreed to seek a license if it resumes debt collection here. The settlement does not affect cases the company had already started against state ...

NY man charged with running debt biz from prison
A western New York man is charged with running a debt collection business from federal prison after he had been barred from the industry...

Debt collector accused of continuing to run an agency from prison
A Lancaster man imprisoned on a parole violation has been accused by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of illegally operating his Buffalo debt collection agency from federal prison...

Inmate in Batavia federal facility accused of operating illegal collection agency
An inmate at the federal detention facility in Batavia, who was already in trouble for reportedly using illegal tactics in debt collection, has been accused by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of operating a collection agency from inside the prison. News report : Lamont Cooper, 38, formerly of Lancaster, operated CMC Recovery Services, Inc., d/b/a Legal Action Recovery in Buffalo, from prison in ...

FPL Group Capital sells $400 million in debentures
Power-plant operator FPL Group Capital Inc. said Friday it sold $400 million in debentures...

Warning issued over bogus payday loan debt collector calls - Walletpop.com
If a debt collector calls and threatens to sue or have you thrown in jail unless you immediately authorize a payment from a bank account, hang up because it's a scam, says Illinois Attorney General Lisa ...

Getting calls from collection agencies? Know how to manage them .
During the present economic crisis, one in every four Americans is delinquent on their debt. The reason for this could be loss of a job, illness,..

Debt Collection Agencies In The Recession Debt Collection Agencies .
Tags: , credit, debt, debt collection, delinquency, economy, loan, Loans, mortgage, personal finance, recession. Collection companies are not exempt in today's recession. Beginning last year, they first started to suffer from declining ...

"Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography" Opens at the Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig
A woman gazes at a photograph at the exhibition 'Nude Visions - 150 years of Nude Photography' hosted by the Museum of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany, 26 August 2010...

Fitch Affirms Waste Management's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings of Waste Management, Inc. as follows: --Issuer Default Rating at 'BBB'; --Senior unsecured credit facility at 'BBB'; --Senior unsecured debt at 'BBB'. Fitch's ratings apply to approximately $5.5 billion of senior unsecured notes and debentures and a $2 billion unsecured revolving credit facility...

Jessica finds lost 5,000 sent to wrong building society
Many readers complain that the financial institutions that are keen to take their money are less willing to answer legitimate questions...