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Minnesota Debt Collector Agrees To Cough Up $1.75M To Settle Federal Allegations Of Illegal Practices

By r morris

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In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:Allied Interstate Inc., a large Minnesota debt collection agency with a history of consumer complaints and state fines, has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle federal allegations that it broke the law by trying to collect debts people didn't owe. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it is the second-largest civil penalty it has

Full post as published by The Home Equity Theft Reporter on October 23, 2010 (boomark / email).

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