Collector Facing FDCPA Class Action for Attempting to Collect on Settled Debt
- A collector is facing a class-action Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit after being accused of attempting to collect on a debt that had already been paid to another collection agency.
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State Court Judge Dismisses Hunstein Class Action
- In a case that was defended by Jonathan Robbin of J. Robbin Law, a state court judge in New Jersey has dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action Hunstein case, ruling the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for which relief could be granted because transmitting information to a letter vendor for the purposes of printing and mailing a letter is not what Congress intended when it prohibited collectors from “communicating” information about a debt to third parties.
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Chopra Publishes Op-Ed Promoting Medical Debt Credit Reporting Rule
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has gotten a lot of miles out of its attacks on “junk” fees in the financial services industry. The Biden administration has also used the term in a number of situations and instances to show what it is doing to protect consumers from being taken advantage of by corporations. Rohit Chopra, the director of the CFPB, is road-testing a new phrase in an op-ed column that was published on CNN.com — junk data — which is what he calls medical debt errors that are “polluting” the credit reporting system.
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CFPB, Owners of Payday Lending Company Accused of Hiding Assets, Reach $7M Agreement
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced a significant victory in its ongoing battle against James and Melissa Carnes, a couple the Bureau has been attempting to collect from for nearly 10 years. The two sides have reached an agreement where James and Melissa Carnes, who were accused of making fraudulent transfers to avoid paying restitution and penalties, will pay $7 million to the CFPB.
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