Sentences with phrase «for illegal collections»

Citi to refund $ 5 million to cardholders for illegal collections — About 2,100 Citi cardholders will get $ 5 million back for inflated interest payments on debts sold to collectors, under a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau crackdown... (See Refund)

Nelnet paid out $ 1.2 million last year for illegal collection efforts with robocall.

Not exact matches

«For pro-life folk, imagine a country where it was illegal to remove a tumor, even if the tumor might kill the host, because the tumor is its own collection of living cells.

BY MICHAEL CAHILL The Village of Haverstraw Trustees met Tuesday evening for a special post-Labor Day meeting to discuss several items and vote on a new law governing landlords collection of rent from illegal housing units.

The project had been designed for foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection but, Binney alleged, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, controls that limited unintentional collection of data pertaining to U.S. citizens were removed, prompting concerns by him and others that the actions were illegal and unconstitutional.

Today, Roman sees bipartisan support for protecting the turtles against current threats like water pollution, illegal harvest and collection for the pet trade, and river drawdowns upstream.

The illegal trade of live plants and seeds for the horticultural industry and private collections, as well as their unsustainable harvesting are the main threats to cacti, affecting 47 % of threatened species.

It is illegal in New Zealand to use antibiotics for bees, so they are never used during the production or collection of Manuka Honey.

Most importantly, I offer step - by - step guidance for fighting back and ending illegal debt collection tactics.

If a debt collection agency threatens to sue you for debt after the statute of limitations expires, its action is illegal under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

I suggest how best to communicate with a debt collector, and I detail illegal debt collection tactics and make it easy for you to recognize when you're being victimized.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices.

It has been sued on California and more recently other states for illegal debt collection practices.

«Illegal servicing and debt collection practices add insult to injury for borrowers struggling to pay back their loans.

Most collection agencies reward employees for what they collect, giving them an incentive to use questionable, and sometimes illegal, tactics.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Hargrave in 2008, alleging false advertising and the illegal collection of up - front fees for his so - called credit repair services.

Lost wages and medical bills suffered because of illegal collection practices, for example.

They may also tell the customer that there are clauses in their credit agreement that are not legally valid and that can work in their favor to make the entire total of the credit account illegal for collection.

They may also tell the person that there are flaws in their credit agreement that work in their favor to make the entire debt amount illegal for collection.

It is home to over 500 turtles and tortoises spanning more than 40 species, holding a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of tortoises and turtles as well — 60 percent of them were rescued while the rest were abandoned by members of the public and seized from the illegal trade.

Basically: If it's illegal for all states to print money, why is it legal for the collection of all states?

Promotional contests in Canada are largely governed by the federal Competition Act (statutory disclosure and misleading advertising rules), federal Criminal Code (provisions governing «illegal lotteries» that must be avoided), federal and provincial privacy legislation (relating to the collection of entrant personal information), the common law of contract (contests have been held to be contracts) and intellectual property laws (e.g., relating to the transfer of original artistic materials, for example in skill contests, or reproduction of 3rd party logos, trade - marks or other intellectual property not owned by a contest organizer).

It is illegal to profit from the sale of fetal tissue, though not illegal for expenses involved in its collection to be reimbursed.