Category: debt collection defense

Buffalo New York “Bottom Feeder” Debt Collectors are at it again – $22 million dollar scheme ends in guilty plea

A man named Carmelo Collana plead guilty to wire fraud and now faces up to 20 years in prison for his part in a scheme that may have collected $22 million on what were largely fake debts. In fact, the scheme participants may have collected the same accounts against the same people multiple times, and […]

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Does Equifax Deserve the Death Penalty?

This week it was disclosed that Equifax had its database hacked and the hackers ran off with personal information, including social security numbers of 143 million Americans, roughly half the adult population in the United States.  Not only that, but Equifax hid the breach for several days, and executives sold stock before the disclosure, thereby […]

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Cedar Financial – International Debt Collections and comments for avoiding claims of rental car damage

A friend gave me a letter he received from Cedar Financial, of Calabasas, California. Cedar Financial is a collection agency that specializes in international debt collection. The letter in question was an attempt to collect a little over $300 for a traffic ticket issued in Italy (allegedly, anyway).  The letter attempts to comply with the […]

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