Forgive us our debts
Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 11:36
- NEW! FTC calls for tougher rules on debt collection lawsuits
- Critics point to flaws in FTC's study of debt buyers
- Extra tax sideswipes consumers climbing out of debt
- Feds order collection firms to open books on debt sales
- FTC opens initial study of consumer debt purchasers
- Debts packaged and sold, sometimes illegally
- Debt collectors from NCO make 400 million calls a year
- No-shows allow debt collectors lacking evidence to win court cases
- Scripps survey shows harassment by debt collectors common
- What consumers can do when debt collectors call
- Debt collectors have an advantage over debtors
- Editorial: Scrutiny needed for debt collection industry
Awards for this project
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants awarded Isaac Wolf an Excellence in Financial Journalism Award in the Wire Service–General Audience category of their annual contest.
Debt Collection in Scripps Howard newspapers
- Knoxville News Sentinel
- Treasure Coast
- Ventura County Star - Debt collectors' tactics can be illegal, lawyers say
- Ventura County Star - What consumers can do when debt collectors call
- Ventura County Star - NCO collectors make 400 million calls a year
- Ventura County Star - Scripps Howard survey shows people are feeling harassed
- Memphis Commercial Appeal - Debt-collection abuses rising, Americans claim suits favor collectors
- Memphis Commercial Appeal - 'Rocket docket' leaves Memphis debtors behind
Debt Collection in Scripps Howard TV stations
More Americans are complaining that debt collectors are using shady and possibly illegal practices to hound them for payments, a Scripps Howard investigation has found. Complaints this year to federal authorities about unscrupulous debt collectors are on pace to be more than 6 percent higher than two years ago.
