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Debt collection company pays record-setting civil penalty
Incessant phone calls to consumers, often about accounts that weren’t theirs. Repeated autocalls to wrong numbers.…
Hat trick? FTC charges violations in auto loan servicing, debt collection, credit reporting
Sometimes good things come in threes, like Musketeers, Bronte sisters, and Stooges. (Shemp doesn’t count.) But…
Sounding the phantom debt collection alarm – again
The FTC has been issuing warnings to industry members for years to stay miles away from…
When all is said and dun: Record-setting penalty for debt collection violations
“You’ve reached the FTC. Sorry we’re not able to take your call right now. But if…
FTC shuts down $9.7 million debt collection scheme
Victims were threatened with jail, lawsuits, garnishment By Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairs May 5, 2025 Phantom…
EEOC Kicks Off 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection: If Approved Portal To Open on May 20, 2025
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has submitted its revised 2024 EEO-1 Component…
Collection and protection | Federal Trade Commission
The terms of an FTC settlement apply just to that business, of course. But clued-in companies…
FTC Action Leads to Court Order Halting Phantom Debt Collection Scheme That Took Millions from Consumers and Threatened Consumers’ Credit, Homes, and Employment
As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, a federal court has temporarily halted the…