Junk Debt Collectors

A recent case was decided in favor of a New Jersey Debtor by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals where a "Debt Collector" violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") and New Jersey New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act ("CFA")...

Example:  Mary receives a Complaint filed by Pressler and Pressler, on behalf of Palisades Collection. Palisades claims Mary owes them several thousand dollars on a credit card she used years ago. She is informed that she has thirty - five...

Credit Card Debt 'Forgiven', but not forgotten by the IRS We are often consulted by those who are very unpleasantly surprised when after having negotiated a settlement of the amount of the debt they owe, they receive a receive 1099-C...

Using Your Rights and Remedies Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to Prevent Debt Collector Abuse. Telephone harassment by junk debt collectors who buy fragmentary information about alleged old debt for about two cents on the dollar and then...