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Collection Agency's Threats Deemed Illegal
November 11, 2007
The voice-mail message was angry and unrelenting. "The situation will not die, I guarantee you!" the woman said in a steely voice, adding that she would call "every day." It was not a stalker or a jilted lover. It was a debt collection company.
And it was illegal harassment, according to the Federal Trade Commission, because the caller went on to threaten that the person's wages would be seized.
Last week, the commission announced that LTD Financial Services, a major collection agency, agreed to pay $1.375 million to settle charges that it misled and threatened consumers several times in violation of federal laws.
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