Plaintiffs in Suit Fighting CFPB’s Medical Debt Guidance Seek Injunction, Restraining Order
- ACA International and Collection Bureau Services, Inc., the plaintiffs in a suit seeking to nullify an advisory opinion on medical debt collection issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order seeking to prevent the requirements from taking effect on December 3.
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Judge Vacates Default Judgment Against Defendant in FDCPA Case
- A District Court judge in Ohio has granted a defendant’s motion to vacate an entry of default that was filed against it in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the defendant’s failure to respond to the plaintiff’s complaint did not constitute culpable conduct and that the case should be decided on its merits.
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Collection Scam Ringleader Sentenced to Prison
- Joseph Ciffa’s name first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net more than seven years ago when he was accused in a criminal complaint of running a debt collection scam that sought to collect phantom debts from individuals who had already been scammed. And even that wasn’t his first brush with the law related to issues attempting to collect on debts from consumers. For that, you would have to go back to 2015, when the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of New York tried to recover $20 million from Ciffa. Yesterday, he was sentenced to more than three years in prison by a federal judge.
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27 Companies Seeking Collection Talent
- It’s time to check and see if the grass might be greener somewhere else by looking at recent job postings for the credit and collection industry. There are jobs from across the country and for all levels of experience and departments in this week’s summary.
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