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Claim your reports online, then review them carefully to see if the debt is listed. Familiarize yourself with the FDCPA . This law prohibits deceptive or abusive practices by debt collectors.
Notwithstanding the agreement, complaints of violations from consumers continued. Accordingly, on 3 December 2004, the FTC obtained an injunction against CAMCO and its owners and froze their assets. CAMCO headquarters were shut down by local police officers and representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and the company ceased functioning.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.
NCO Group, Inc., based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States, [2] is a business process outsourcing company and collection agency that provides accounts receivable management, customer relationship management and back office solutions [buzzword] for its clients.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday ordered Commonwealth Financial Systems, a debt collection agency specializing in medical debt, to shut down as a result of what CFPB determined ...
The Barbara Jordan Building's entrance is off of the Texas Capitol Mall, a newly designed pedestrian space. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) regulates insurers and other companies that conduct insurance business in Texas, and assists Texas-based insurance consumers. TDI was founded in 1876 as the Department of Insurance, Statistics and ...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission fined six major credit rating organizations a total of $49 million for their “significant failures” to keep electronic communications.
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U.S. 765 (2000) Cook County v. United States ex rel. Chandler, 538 U.S. 119 (2003) Graham County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson, 545 U.S. 409 (2005) Rockwell International Corp. v. United States, 549 U.S. 457 (2007)