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Entries Tagged as 'deceptive practices'

Capital One Sued by West Virginia Attorney General

January 26th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Debt Collection, I'm suing those guys!, Legal Stuff

Boy, we sure love Capital One here at creditinfocenter.com. Like a politician who is constantly having affairs or accepting big bribes, they provide us with lots to write about. The latest? The West Virginia Attorney General, Darrell McGraw, is suing them for deceptive practices in both lending and collection practices. According to the press release [...]

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FTC Report: Deceptive Collection Practices on Old Debt

December 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Collection Agencies, Debt Collection, Legal Stuff

A great round table was held recently on December 4 at the FTC over the unfair practices by debt collectors. One part of the conference talked strictly about debt collecting on old debt or debt which is past the statute of limitations, also called time-barred debt. If a debt is out of statute of limitations [...]

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Minnesota Attorney General Sues National Arbitration Forum

July 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Debt Collection, Legal Stuff

In what looks to be a landmark win for consumers, the Minnesota Attorney General has filed a suit against the Minnesota-based National Arbitration Forum (NAF), also know as the FORUM. The FORUM handles mandatory credit card arbitration cases as well as collection agency arbitration hearings. We’ve written a number of pieces slamming NAF in the [...]

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