Court Sides With Consumer In Suit Against Retailer That Charges $250 When...
sparkle-motion Last summer, a consumer in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against online retailer Accessory Outlet over what she called a bogus $250 fine the company imposed, claiming she breached the terms...
View ArticleMan Charged With Operating Debt Collection Scheme That Targeted, Defrauded...
Adam Fagen Deceiving consumers is a trademark for most unscrupulous operations attempting to collect debts that aren’t actually owed. Shady collectors have been known to lie about debts, misrepresent...
View ArticleNavy Federal Credit Union Ordered To Pay $28.5M Over Bad Debt Collection...
Navy Federal Credit Union offers customers — current and former military servicemembers and their families — a wide range of financial products and services, including loans that must be repaid. But...
View ArticleMedical Debt Collection Firms Must Refund $577K For Threatening Consumers
In this latest episode of Debt Collectors Behaving Badly, we bring you the tale of two medical debt collection law firms who must now refund hundreds of thousands of dollars after they were caught...
View Article1-In-4 Consumers Contacted By Debt Collectors Feel Threatened
More than 70 million Americans are contacted by a debt collector or creditor each year. While those debt collectors have a job — to get borrowers to repay on their overdue debts — some have used...
View ArticleDebt Collector Allegedly Threatened Lawsuits, Arrests Against People Who...
Once again, federal regulators are cracking down on companies running “phantom” debt collection schemes that go after individuals for money they did not actually owe. This time, the Federal Trade...
View ArticleFCC Votes To Let Phone Companies, Cops Identify Anonymous Callers Behind Bomb...
There are many legitimate reasons to hide or mask your Caller ID information but there are an increasing number of people who abuse this ability, not just for prank calls or telemarketing, but to phone...
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