COLLECTION OPERATION TO FORGIVE $23M IN DEBTS UNDER ENFORCEMENT ACTION WITH N.C. AG
- A group of defendants — no stranger to enforcement actions — has agreed to forgive $23 million in payments, refund $225,000 to consumers, and pay $30,000 in fines after being sued for allegedly engaging in illegal collection practices.
- The defendants are also permanently banned from collecting debts in North Carolina.
- More details here.
BANNED COLLECTOR FACING FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING GUILTY PLEA
- Greg MacKinnon pleaded guilty yesterday to not paying more than $3 million in taxes.
- MacKinnon and other defendants were sued in 2015 by the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General for engaging in illegal debt collection practices.
- More details here.
MORE AMERICANS PAYING BILLS LATE. WHICH BILLS GET PUSHED TO THE SIDE FIRST?
- Nearly one-third of Americans have paid a bill late in the last six months and the most common reason why is because they don’t have the funds to make it.
- Forty percent of Americans said they are less able to afford their bill payments every month.
- More details here.
23 COMPANIES SEEKING COLLECTION TALENT
- Companies like Sofi, ProCollect, TrueAccord, PRA Group, Zwicker & Associates, and Harris & Harris are among those looking to fill vacancies in their collection operations.
- The job listings are great for those looking for work and are also great tools for companies to use as sources for ideas about what to include in their own job descriptions and to see how other companies write their job ads.
- More details here.
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