Asset Acceptance, a large debt buyer and collector, agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a claim by the Federal Trade Commission. Read The Official Report The FTC alleged that Asset Acceptance engaged in a variety of unlawful debt collection practices, including threatening to sue on debts that were so old that they were time barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. This practice is widespread and violates the FDCPA which prohibits threats of action that the debt collector does not intend to undertake, like suing on debt that is "out of statute." (Read More About the FDCPA Here)
How Much Does Bankruptcy Cost?
Bankruptcy clients have many of the same questions. This is the first installment of a series of blog entries discussing some of the more common ones.
