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Debt Collector Commercial Recovery Systems (CRS”) Sued By FTC For Lying To Consumers

Debt Collector Commercial Recovery Systems (CRS”) Sued By FTC For Lying To Consumers

Texas-based debt collector Commercial Recovery Systems, Inc, (CRS) and two of its managers have been sued by the Federal Trade Commission for violating debt collection law. CRS and its President and Vice President are accused of lying to consumers in...

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Debt Brokers Published Consumer Financial Information on Public Website

Debt Brokers Published Consumer Financial Information on Public Website

Two debt brokers (businesses which buy junk debt, then sell it to other junk debt buyers) were sued by the FTC earlier this year for posting on the internet private personal financial information about individual consumers for public view, as...

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FTC Shuts Down “Payday Loan” Scam

FTC Shuts Down “Payday Loan” Scam

September 22, 2014 The FTC has shutdown a Missouri-based scam operation, which claimed to be a payday lending business. The scam operated by depositing $200-300 into consumers’ bank accounts without their permission, then repeatedly withdrawing money from the same account...

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