Ohio AG Files Suit Against Alleged Collection Scammers
- The Attorney General of Ohio yesterday announced he has filed a lawsuit accusing an individual and a series of companies of deploying harassing and abusive debts from consumers in the Buckeye State.
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Communicating With CRAs Not a Violation of FDCPA, Judge Rules
- Being denied credit because of a negative item on a credit report is sufficient grounds for a plaintiff to have standing to sue, ruled a District Court judge in New York, but communicating information about an unpaid debt with the credit reporting agencies is not a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, so he granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case.
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Servicer Loses $7M Over Failure to Send Timely Statements
- The Department of Education announced on Monday that it was withholding $7.2 million in payments for a student loan servicer — Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, or MOHELA — because the servicer failed to send billing statements on time to 2.5 million individuals.
- More details here.
23 Companies Seeking Collection Talent
- Whether you are looking for a new job or curious about who is hiring or wondering how much companies are paying new collectors or other employees, the weekly job listings summary is a great way to stay on top of an important part of the industry.
- More details here.
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