https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2014/09/ftc-stops-abusive-debt-collection-operation-threatened-consumers-legal-action-arrest-not-paying
The Federal Trade Commission has halted the abusive debt collection practices of an operation that used fictitious names and threatened consumers into paying...
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https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/07/ftc-action-abusive-debt-collectors-banned-collection-business
Two debt collectors and three companies charged with using false threats and other illegal collection tactics are banned from the debt collection business...
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