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Debt Collectors Sometimes Bark Up the Wrong Tree - NBC Chicago

Debt Collectors Sometimes Bark Up the Wrong Tree
NBC Chicago
When the phone rang a few weeks ago at the McColl household in Carpentersville, the family got an unwelcome surprise: a debt collector on the .
Explaining a debt case can become a lengthy processTimes Record News
BBB warns public about fraudulent, aggressive collection callsSleepy Eye Herald Dispatch

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Know your rights: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - CreditCards.com
Can a debt collector call you repeatedly at work if your boss doesn't allow it? Falsely threaten to sue you or take your house if you don't pay up on old credit card bills? The answer to both questions: not legally ...

Texas AG Charges Servicer With Violating Debt Collection Laws .
The enforcement action charges AHMS with multiple violations of the Texas Debt Collection Act and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The state is also seeking civil penalties of up to $20000 per violation of the DTP. ...

Bank site projects top Rockport meeting warrant
Disqus Bank site projects top Rockport meeting warrant By Jonathan L'Ecuyer Staff Writer ROCKPORT - Now that the town has completed the purchase of the former Granite Savings Bank building, officials would like to begin utilizing the space...

DA's 'bad check' collection program lands Jarbola in federal court lawsuit
Andy Jarbola A Pittsburgh-based legal aid group has filed a federal civil rights suit against Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola and the California-based debt-collection agency his office uses to collect money from bad check writers...

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We didnA't need some famous economist to tell us that the EU/IMF-inspired rescue plan for Greece would push the economy into a self-perpetuating recession...

Inmate Ran Debt-Collection Agency While Paying Debt to Society, Cuomo Says - Bloomberg

Buffalo News

Inmate Ran Debt-Collection Agency While Paying Debt to Society, Cuomo Says
Bloomberg
Lamont D. Cooper was supposed to be paying his debt to society. Instead, he ran a debt-collection company .
Debt collector accused of continuing to run an agency from prisonBuffalo News
NY man charged with running debt biz from prisonBusinessWeek
Inmate in Batavia federal facility accused of operating illegal collection agencyThe Batavian (blog)

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State Audit Finds Weaknesses For Vi...
The state Comptroller's Office recently its audit of the village of Randolph, finding the internal controls were not adequately established to safeguard village assets...

Unfair debt collection problem worse as tactics work, author says
Things came full circle Thursday when Fred O. Williams visited the Central Library to talk about his recently published book, EURœFight Back Against Unfair Debt Collection Practices: Know your rights and protect yourself from threats, lies, and intimidation.EUR..

WWII-era mob action awaits in 'Mafia II'
Step into the dark and dangerous world of organized crime in the 1940s and '50s with 2K Games' Mafia II, the sequel to the award-winning and best-selling game that delivered intense shootouts and white-knuckle car chases...

Unfair debt collection problem worse as tactics work, author says - Buffalo News

Unfair debt collection problem worse as tactics work, author says
Buffalo News
Williams started his research into unsavory debt collection practices in 1999 on his beat as a business reporter for The Buffalo News. .

Texas AG Charges Home Loan Servicer With Violating Debt Collection Laws - InsideARM
AUSTIN, Texas EUR Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Coppell-based American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. (AHMS) with using illegal debt collection tactics and improperly misleading struggling homeowners ...