Consumer Groups Launch Fight Against Private Check Collection

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12 September 2006 at 10:21 a.m. ET

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The Baltimore Sun is covering a growing controversy involving private check collection companies in its Wednesday edition.

Yesterday, two consumer groups held a press conference and issued a release detailing the ?horrors? of private collection firms that go after consumers, on behalf of local prosecutors, that have bounced checks. At issue is a provision in current proposed legislation that exempts these private collectors from certain parts of the FDCPA when going after check bouncers.

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