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  2. Loan shark - Wikipedia

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    A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt. [1]

  3. File:Edgar Wallace - A Debt Discharged (1926 printing).pdf

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  4. Consumer bureau orders debt collection agency to shut down ...

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    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 ...

  5. Will Big Banks Ever Stop Getting Sued? - AOL

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    Yet, the latest news came after the market closed for the day, as the California Attorney General sued the banking giant over allegations of illegal debt-collection tactics from more than 100,000 ...

  6. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Debt Collection Horror Stories

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    In one case, a phony California-based debt collection outfit run by a man named Kirit Patel allegedly collected more than $5.2 million in debts that were owed to payday loan companies -- or weren ...

  8. Debt evasion - Wikipedia

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    Debt evasion is the intentional act of trying to avoid attempts by creditors to collect or pursue one's debt. At an elementary level, this includes the refusal to answer one's phone by screening one's calls or by ignoring mailed notices informing the debtor of the debt. In more advanced cases, this includes misleading the creditor to believe ...

  9. Debt collectors using aggressive tactics to pursue payments

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