Daily Digest – November 1. Getting to Know Aaron Reiter of InterProse; Collection Agency Agrees to $9 Million Settlement With California DAs

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GETTING TO KNOW AARON REITER OF INTERPROSE

• Aaron Reiter is one of those rare people who are always “on.” Kind, cordial, and quick to laugh, Reiter appears comfortable in just about every setting and has a knack for conversation, which makes him a natural at sales and marketing. Coming to the industry from medical sales, Reiter has quickly learned that the best thing about the ARM business is the people who work in it day-in, day-out. That now includes him. Read on to learn more about Aaron and why he’s the perfect kind of friend to have when you need to move a couch or more.

 

COLLECTION AGENCY AGREES TO $9 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA COUNTY DAs

• Allied Interstate, and its parent company, iQor Holdings, have agreed to pay $9 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 18 California county prosecutors that alleged the collection agency violated the state’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting individuals on their cell phones using an automatic telephone dialing system without obtaining the proper consent.

 

SECOND CIRCUIT UPHOLDS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENSE IN AVILA-RELATED LAWSUIT

• The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s summary judgment in favor of a defendant who was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not mentioning in a collection letter that interest and fees may be accruing on an account, even though fees and interest were not accruing.

 

WOMAN WHO SET UP COLLECTION AGENCY TO STEAL FROM JOB SENTENCED TO 26 MONTHS IN PRISON 

• A Virginia woman has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for stealing $300,000 from the woman’s clinic she worked at, going as far as to create her own collection agency, but not remit any of the funds collected back to her workplace.

 

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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.