Sentences with phrase «debt collection scheme»

Guest contributor Christopher C. Carr, Esq., MBA describes a debt collection scheme that nearly took him in and what attorneys can learn from his experience.

A Niagara Falls woman pleaded guilty to a fraudulent debt collection scheme that netted more than $ 1 million.

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Tens of thousands of New Yorkers who had their wages garnished or bank accounts frozen in a surreptitious debt - collection scheme will receive $ 59 million in a class - action settlement that also bars a major network of collectors from continuing the practice.

California's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the schools and its subsidiaries (Heald, Everest College, and WyoTech) in 2013 for a predatory scheme targeting low - income students, and the schools were accused of falsely advertising programs that didn't exist, misleading students about their credits transferring to Cal State, and engaging in illegal debt collection practices.

Additionally, a stipulation in the settlement would charge a $ 19 million fine to be paid back to borrowers who were affected by any allegedly scheming debt collection methods.