Being Harassed By Debt Collectors? New Statistics Indicate You Are Not Alone.
November 13, 2007
In 2006, the Federal Trade Commission reported 69,204 FDCPA related complaints by consumers. In the first ten months of 2007, 3433 consumers sued collection agencies in U.S. District Court for alleged violations of the FDCPA. The state of Pennsylvania leads that statistic with 319 cases followed by New York with 296 and Florida with 286. Illinois ranked fourth with 257 followed by closely by Michigan with 253 cases. These five states represent 45% of all the cases that have been filed nationally for the year and these numbers continue to climb.
Suffice to say, you are not alone.
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