COMPLAINT ACCUSES FIRM OF PURSUING COLLECTION SUIT AFTER CLAIM OF ID THEFT
- Anytime a complaint starts with the sentence “… is a disabled senior citizen and monolingual Spanish-speaker who lives on a fixed income,” you can bet what follows is likely not to be good. A collection law firm is being sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after the plaintiff was sued for $10,000 worth of back rent for an apartment that she never lived in or signed a lease for. The defendant is accused of continuing to pursue a collection lawsuit after the plaintiff provided copies of her signature and identification which did not match those that were used to secure the lease.
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TITLE LENDER TO PAY $15 MILLION IN PENALTIES FOR OVERCHARGING MILITARY FAMILIES
- An auto finance company will pay $15 million in fines and redress to consumers as a result of an enforcement action with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the regulator announced yesterday. The lender was accused of making illegal loans to military families, altering documents so that the borrowers would not be identified as servicemembers, and charging unlawful fees for a “useless” insurance product.
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FCC ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO BLOCK ILLEGAL TEXT MESSAGES
- The chair of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday proposed a rule that would require mobile service providers to automatically block text messages that are “highly likely” of being illegal.
- More details here.
JUDGE RECOMMENDS DISMISSING FDCPA, FCRA CLAIMS AGAINST CREDITORS
- A Magistrate judge in Texas has recommended granting motions to dismiss filed by two creditors who were sued, along with a pair of collection agencies, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, among other claims, by an attorney who blamed the losses of separate lawsuits on poor Internet service offered by the defendants.
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WORTH NOTING: When it comes to healthcare, Americans care more about cost than anything else … Ranking the films of Steven Spielberg … Throwing hard with one arm wasn’t good enough for this pitcher … How much inflation is costing Americans every month … How honest should you be when your manager asks for feedback? … Facebook is loosening its rules that land people in “Facebook jail” … Americans have a lot of money stored on unused gift cards … The percentage of Americans who can’t pay an expense of $1,000 without using plastic.
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