In June 2012, plaintiff found a vehicle she liked on eBay, being sold by Auto Loox in Fairfax. The vehicle was listed for $5,995. Plaintiff contacted Auto Loox and agreed to purchase the vehicle for $5,995. The sale was “as ...

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A Virginia-based consumer debt buyer has agreed to pay $300,000 and abandon millions of dollars of court judgments against debtors in New York to settle claims of improper debt collection actions in that state. The settlement, involving Norfolk’s Portfolio Recovery ...

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A national trucking company has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle claims that it failed to follow the rules under federal law for conducting background checks on potential employees. The deal would resolve a class action lawsuit in Richmond ...

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A buyer who was told the 2003 Dodge Ram pickup he bought from defendant had 29,586 miles when in fact it had an odometer reading of 105,000 miles wins statutory damages of $11,625 under 49 U.S.C. § 32710(a) and $11,343 ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Judge Tommy E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A law firm’s collections letter suggesting possible legal action may have violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal judge ruled in denying a motion to throw out a class action lawsuit against the firm. The decision by U.S. ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court declines to dismiss plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant, a student loan servicing company in Pennsylvania, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to correct a report that plaintiff had defaulted on $137,000 in student loans. ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s complaint alleging violations of federal and state law arising from defendant mortgage company’s 130 debt-collection calls that disrupted her home-based business and included harassment by defendant’s agent. The court dismisses plaintiff’s claim under ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A new lawsuit targeting a thriving collections business highlights a long simmering controversy over lawsuits filed by so-called “zombie debt buyers.” When banks and payday lenders write off their bad debts, a busy industry steps in to try to generate ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to dismiss a class action alleging defendants, SunTrust Mortgage and SunTrust Banks Inc., entered into temporary Home Affordable Modification Program agreements and then breached the agreement by reporting plaintiff as delinquent to credit bureaus, ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using a form collection letter to make false and unintended threats to file civil actions in court to collect home ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District