Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

January 24, 2019 CBCS faces a Wisconsin consumer’s lawsuit over claims that the collection agency sent him a letter in which it misrepresented his debt dispute rights.

January 23, 2019 FBCS, Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims the debt collector sent him a misleading letter concerning his time-barred debt.

January 22, 2019 A consumer alleges that Hunter Warfield sent him a collection letter in which it misrepresented his debt amount.

January 17, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Pendrick Capital Partners and Debt Recovery Solutions misled a consumer with regard to the possible revival of her time-barred debt.

January 17, 2019 A consumer claims that Resurgent Capital Services and Pinnacle Credit Services sent her a letter that contained inaccurate debt dispute instructions.

January 15, 2019 A lawsuit alleges that Zwanger & Pesiri Radiology Group falsely represented that it had retained an independent law firm to collect a consumer’s debt.

January 11, 2019 An Illinois consumer claims in a proposed class action that he was billed by Hertz for damage he was not responsible for following a car rental.

January 10, 2019 A Florida consumer claims in a proposed class action that Portfolio Recovery Associates misrepresented the legal status of her time-barred debt.

January 10, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Northstar Location Services aimed to coerce payment from a consumer “under duress” by confusing her as to the status of her account.

January 9, 2019 Fair Collections & Outsourcing faces a lawsuit that alleges the company misled a consumer as to his time-barred debt.

January 4, 2019 A consumer claims in a proposed class action that Monarch Recovery Management falsely implied his charged-off debt was subject to interest and fees.

January 3, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd. sent to a consumer a letter that failed to properly state his debt amount and dispute rights.

January 3, 2019 Diversified Central and Pinnacle Credit Services face a lawsuit filed by a consumer who alleges the companies misrepresented her time-barred debt.

January 3, 2019 A Wisconsin consumer claims in a lawsuit that Certified Recovery Inc. falsely implied her medical debt was accruing interest and other charges.

January 3, 2019 A consumer claims that National Credit Services falsely implied that the balance of her accelerated Federal Perkins Loan may increase.

January 2, 2019 Two Wisconsin consumers allege that Dobberstein Law Firm, BCG Equities and Guardian Credit Union engaged in unlawful debt collection activities.

January 1, 2019 A consumer alleges that Messerli & Kramer, P.A. and Jefferson Capital Systems failed to disclose that her Comenity Bank credit card debt was accruing interest.

December 26, 2018 An Alabama consumer claims in a proposed class action that MRS Associates of New Jersey sent her a misleading collection notice regarding her Chase Bank debt.

December 26, 2018 Whipple Law and MSW Capital are on the receiving end of a lawsuit that alleges the debt collectors made false threats in a letter sent to a consumer.

December 21, 2018 A consumer claims that MCM, Midland Funding and Encore Capital Group offered him several settlement options with “illusory and arbitrary deadlines.”

December 21, 2018 A proposed class action claims Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc. failed to clearly identify a consumer’s creditor in a collection letter and was therefore unauthorized to collect the threatened interest and fees.

December 20, 2018 A proposed class action claims that Account Services Collections, Inc. sent a consumer a letter that did not properly identify the woman’s creditor.

December 20, 2018 A consumer claims that Alltran Financial failed to disclose that his American Express debt was accruing interest and fees.

December 19, 2018 A consumer has filed a lawsuit against Nationwide Credit wherein he claims the collection agency misrepresented his American Express debt as accelerated.

December 18, 2018 A New Jersey consumer claims that Oliphant Financial sent him a collection notice that failed to accurately communicate his debt dispute rights.

December 13, 2018 A lawsuit alleges that Forster & Garbus and Capital One Bank use false affidavits of service in order to obtain default judgments against debtors.

December 12, 2018 In a class action, a New York woman alleges debt collector law firm Houslanger & Associates, PLLC and two of the firm’s attorneys misrepresent to pro se litigants that they may not seek legal help in any way except by fully engaging an attorney.

December 12, 2018 A proposed class action alleges that A-1 Collection Service falsely stated it held a Wisconsin debt collection license.

December 12, 2018 FBCS and LVNV Funding face a lawsuit that alleges the companies failed to provide a consumer with proper debt dispute instructions.

December 12, 2018 A proposed class action filed in Wisconsin argues that Credit Bureau Data, Inc.’s company name falsely suggests the company is a credit reporting agency.

December 11, 2018 A New Jersey consumer has filed suit against Central Credit Services over claims that the company failed to provide proper debt dispute instructions.

December 11, 2018 A Philadelphia consumer has filed a lawsuit in which she claims Tsarouhis Law Group sent a collection letter that misstated her debt dispute rights.

December 10, 2018 A proposed class action claims that Professional Recovery Personnel failed to effectively disclose a Wisconsin consumer’s rights in a collection notice.

December 10, 2018 CW Account Services is facing a lawsuit that alleges the company sent a collection notice containing improper debt dispute instructions.

December 7, 2018 A lawsuit claims Florida Community Law Group, P.L. served a consumer with a lawsuit that misled the man as to his debt dispute rights and amount owed.

December 5, 2018 Two consumers allege Financial Recovery Services sent them collection letters in which it falsely implied their debt amounts were accruing interest and fees.

December 5, 2018 A lawsuit alleges that Credit Systems of the Fox Valley misled a Wisconsin consumer regarding the negative credit reporting of his delinquent car loan.

December 4, 2018 A consumer claims that Nationwide Credit, Inc. failed to identify his creditor and misrepresented future payment options in a collection letter.

December 3, 2018 Suttell & Hammer, P.S. faces a class action that takes issue with a collection lawsuit filed against an Oregon consumer.

December 3, 2018 A lawsuit accuses GC Services Limited Partnership of failing to disclose in a collection notice that a consumer’s debt was accruing interest and fees.

December 3, 2018 A consumer claims that Stern & Stern, P.C. failed to convey her debt amount and falsely implied that an attorney was involved in its collection efforts.

November 30, 2018 A Texas consumer claims that Convergent Outsourcing offered identical settlement options months apart despite implying that they were time sensitive.

November 30, 2018 A lawsuit filed against Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP claims the law firm overshadowed a consumer’s debt dispute rights.

November 28, 2018 A New York consumer claims Pioneer Credit Recovery sent a collection notice that inaccurately stated his student loan debt was accruing late charges.

November 28, 2018 A Florida consumer claims that two debt collectors offered her a settlement option for which the sum of the payments was more than the total amount due.

November 27, 2018 A lawsuit filed in California claims Dynamic Recovery Solutions sent letters that misrepresented the legal status of consumers’ time-barred debts.

November 27, 2018 A consumer alleges that Vital Recovery Services sent her a letter directly after being explicitly instructed to communicate only with her lawyers.

November 27, 2018 A lawsuit claims that ARS National Services misled a consumer as to whether interest and other charges were accruing on his Citibank account.

November 27, 2018 Three consumers allege that State Collection Service threatened to report their medical debts to credit bureaus before it was legally permitted to do so.

November 26, 2018 A Wisconsin consumer claims that Hunter Warfield of New England sent a collection letter that misstated the creditor of her account.