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Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those
with poor or limited credit histories
with high - interest rate
debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper
collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and
collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some
cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
If you have been trying to dispute credit report inaccuracies,
debt collection errors, or false background checks and are getting nowhere
with the reporting agencies or
collections companies, call us right away for your free
case evaluation 1-877-735-8600.
In a recent
case (see blog post), a federal court ruled that the
debt buyer
collection agency could not charge interest from the date of charge off
with the original creditor.
That means all creditors will have to go through a US Bankruptcy Court trustee in order to deal
with their debtors, and in the
case of our debtor in the illustration, the stay would have stopped any
debt collection activity that might have been keeping him awake at nights.
Thankfully I was able to get my situation straightened out
with no negative repercussions, but that's not always the
case when a
debt is sent to
collections.
If you dispute a
debt with debt validation and the
debt collection company can't verify it as a legally collectible
debt, well in this
case — there is no settlement occurring and nothing to report to the IRS.
This is often the
case with debt that has been turned over to a
collection agency.
The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a
debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued
collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of
debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the
collection of substantial up - front fees so the
debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications
with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement
with creditors, coupled
with prohibitions on direct consumer communications
with creditors; and (10), in the
case of
debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.
Jeff Simendinger, who co-founded Simm Associates in 1991
with his father in their Delaware home's dining room, said that while he wasn't aware of Cimochowski's
case, everything his company does is in compliance
with applicable laws and regulations governing
debt collection.
He is a regular fixture at the Supreme Court,
with an impressive tally of arguments and a number of recent appearances in fair
debt collection cases.
Álvaro Telles da Sylva Pinto Basto, a litigation partner
with Couto, Graça e Associados in Maputo, Mozambique tells CDR that there is a busy domestic disputes market, mainly civil and commercial matters, many of which relate to
debt collection, but also criminal
cases, including insurance fraud.
If you have been trying to dispute credit report inaccuracies,
debt collection errors, or false background checks and are getting nowhere
with the reporting agencies or
collections companies, call us right away for your free
case evaluation 1-877-735-8600.
The question of whether an attorney is regularly engaged in
debt collection is made by courts on a
case - by -
case basis,
with courts looking at factors such as percentage of revenue generated by the
debt - collecting activities; the volume of
debt - collecting activities; and whether the attorney has an on - going relationship
with a
collection service.