Two State Attorneys General Take Action on Debt Collection Agencies

At the end of the first full work week of 2010, the top prosecutors in Louisiana and Washington announced actions against accounts receivable management firms and their owners.

James “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana’s attorney general, said Friday that his office had obtained injunctions against two collection agencies and their operators. On the same day, Washington’s Attorney General, Rob McKenna, announced that his office had settled charges with a collection agency that promised to clean up its act.

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