COLLECTORS FACING LAWSUIT OVER IDENTITY THEFT DISPUTES
- One of the trickiest situations is when a collector attempts to collect a debt from a consumer and the consumer claims to be a victim of identity theft — that he or she did not open the account in question and never received the products or services that were purchased and are now attempting to be collected upon. A plaintiff has filed suit against a number of defendants for attempting to collect a debt that he claims was incurred by his ex-wife, who used his Social Security number and other personal information to open a credit card account with IKEA and then do some shopping and not pay the bill. The plaintiff claims to have supplied identity theft affidavit and a police report along with his supporting documentation, only to have a number of collection operations determine he was still responsible for the debt and is accusing the defendants of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the California Identity Theft Act, and the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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JUDGE GRANTS MJOP IN FDCPA CASE OVER LACK OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE ON SETTLEMENT OFFER
- In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker and the team at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not state in a collection letter that interest was accruing on the unpaid balance and that a settlement offer without an expiration date was an “collection tactic” meant to “coerce” the plaintiff into paying the debt.
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COLLECTOR FINED $10K BY STATE FOR USING OVERSEAS LOCATION TO COLLECT
- The Connecticut Department of Banking has assessed a $10,000 fine against a collection operation that was allegedly using an overseas location to collect from individuals in the Nutmeg state, in violation of state law. The state could have imposed a fine as large as $100,000 but chose a lesser amount.
- More details here.
EXPERTS SHARE CONTEXT ON CASES IMPACTING ARM INDUSTRY
- Industry experts David Kaminski, Leslie Bender, Chuck Dodge, David Schultz, Rick Perr, Loraine Lyons, Nathan Copeland, Michael Klutho, and Heath Morgan provide their perspectives and analysis of the legal and compliance trends shaping the ARM industry.
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- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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