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Play Honors Victims and Family of 1990 GMAC Office Massacre

April 8, 2019 Cucolle1

Jacksonville, FL – 8 April 2019 – On a June morning in 1990, 42...

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Supreme Court Rules on FDCPA Applicability to Repossessors and Law Firms Conducting Foreclosures

March 20, 2019 Cucolle1

In a unanimous decisions, The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Obduskey v. McCarthy...

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Five Credit Unions Targeted in Loan Fraud Ring

March 3, 2019 Cucolle1

Nassau County, NY – 1 March 2019 – Five people have been charged in...

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Fed: Auto Loan Delinquency Reaches Highest Level since 2010

February 13, 2019 Cucolle1

Detroit, MI – 13 February 2019 – Borrowers are behind in their auto loan...

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Credit Union Donates Repo’s to School

January 28, 2019 Cucolle1

Calhoun, TN – 28 January 2019 – When Bowater Employees Credit Union (BECU) Collections...

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$3M Dark Web Credit Card Fraud Ring Busted by Secret Service

January 18, 2019 Cucolle1

New Rochelle, NY – 14 January 2019 – Secret Service Agents, accompanied by New...

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Straw Buyer Fraud Dealership Reaches Agreement with Feds

January 17, 2019 Cucolle1

Erie, PA – 16 January 2019 – A federal fraud case against an Erie...

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Sensible Auto Lending LLC, Settles for $733K in Relief and Refunds to Victimized Consumers

January 16, 2019 Cucolle1

Auto Lender to Provide More Than $700,000 in Debt Relief and Refunds to Consumers...

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6th Circuit Court Rules Foreclosure Activities During “Dispute Letter” Period Violate the FDCPA

January 15, 2019 Cucolle1

“For the foregoing reasons we find that Trott violated the FDCPA by continuing collection...

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Supreme Court Wrestles with Definition of “Debt Collector”

January 14, 2019 Cucolle1

In order to establish what the law meant by “debt collector,” the justices sparred...

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Bill Aims to Protect Federal Employees from Repossessions and Foreclosures During Shutdowns

January 11, 2019 Cucolle1

While we all know that servicemembers are protected by the SCRA, potential legislation with...

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Wells Fargo to Pay $385M for Wrongful CPI Placement

January 3, 2019 Cucolle1

Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $575M to settle charges that it engaged...

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America’s First Straw Buyer Auto Fraud Case – 1941

January 3, 2019 Cucolle1

Any of us that have been in the auto lending and collections industry for...

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Dealership Employee Embezzled from BMW to Buy a Mustang

December 28, 2018 Cucolle1

The former controller of Continental BMW in Connecticut used the stolen funds for travel,...

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Credit Union Director of Lending Fired for Theft, Arrest Expected

December 18, 2018 Cucolle1

Tallahassee, FL – 18 December 2018 – An 11-year employee and Director of Lending...

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America’s First Credit Card Fraudster – Charles Gregory Cannon

December 10, 2018 Cucolle1

In 1959, American Express issued the first plastic credit card into the, then developing...