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FTC FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST ALLEGED DEBT COLLECTION SCAMMERS
- The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against a group of individuals alleged to be impersonating lawyers or a collection law firm that has scammed more than $2 million from individuals. The perpetrators used company names such as Lombardo, Daniels & Moss; Barron, Gibson & Phillips; and Cohen, Daniels & Moss and threatened to have people arrested if they did not make a payment. The defendants also allegedly called the employers of individuals and other third parties and disclosed the purported debts.
JUDGE DISMISSES CFPB’S CASE AGAINST PAYMENT PROCESSORS
- Putting aside the references to the PBGC, which I think is a typo that is supposed to read CFPB, here is an otherwise important article about how a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the agency against a group of payment processors for allegedly ignoring that fraudulent debt collectors were using their portals to collect payments from individuals being scammed. The federal judge said the CFPB “blatantly” ignored his directions, stonewalled defendants, and produced uncooperative witnesses.
SCHOOL BOARD LOOKS TO HIRE COLLECTION AGENCY TO RECOVER UNPAID LUNCH BILLS
- A school board in Maine is considering hiring a collection agency to help it recover $45,000 in unpaid school lunches. Admitting that they do not want to do anything that embarrasses the children in school, the members of the school board admitted that hiring a collection agency may be a necessary step to recover the unpaid debts.
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