Debt collection

The Lenawee County (Mich.) Prosecutor’s Office began collecting delinquent bills at the start of the year from people who have spent time in the county’s jail. The county faced delinquent bills over the years that totaled more than $20 million.

The Federal Trade Commission, as a result of a federal court ruling, may attempt to collect up to $3.2 million from marketers who lied about their finances to the FTC when they agreed to settle deceptive advertising charges in 2014.

PRA Group's fourth-quarter financial results reported Thursday showed drops in both revenue and income and mixed news for cash collections.

The Sixth Circuit recently upheld an Ohio federal court's decision to throw out a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit brought by two hospital patients.

Professional race car driver Scott Tucker has pleaded not guilty in New York to charges in a payday lending scam.

Debt held by consumers in the U.S. as they age is rising, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Dublin, Ala., an unincorporated borough in Montgomery County, is reviewing whether to hire a collection agency to pursue nearly $100,000 in overdue water, sewer and trash accounts.

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt relief operation with falsely representing to financially distressed homeowners and student loan borrowers that it would help get their mortgages and student loans modified.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday hit Citigroup with $8 million in fines and restitution for allegedly selling credit card debt with inflated interest rates and failing to send consumer payments to debt buyers.

Violations of state and local debt collection statutes aren’t violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday.