Posted On: July 12, 2009 by Gary Nitzkin

OMG....you just can't make this stuff up

According to an article in the Associated Press, New York authorities shut down a collection agency for threatening consumers with jail if they did not pay. Did this agency ever hear of the FDCPA? Probably not since it was owned by some ex-convicts. They probably didn't really care about the law.

But its interesting to note that this agency did work nationwide. Their tactics must have produced results, right?

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