Robert Heidenreich

Operator of Fraudulent Debt Collection Scheme Settles With FTC, New York

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Scheme leader will be permanently banned from debt collection The operator of a debt collection scheme has settled claims by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General that he and the companies he controlled lied to consumers about how much debt they owed and used illegal scare tactics to collect it. Under the settlement, …

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Have You Been Overbiffed by a Debt Collector?

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If you aren’t familiar with the word “overbifffed” or “overbiffing,’ there’s no need to add it to your vocabulary. But if you know what overbiffing is and engage in it, a case just filed by the FTC and the New York Attorney General suggests now would be an excellent time to cut it out. Overbiffing …

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