4,054 Federal Consumer Credit Lawsuits filed so far in 2009 as of July 24, 2009 – FTC Sits on its Laurels
July 25th, 2009. Published under Scams. No Comments.
Most of 4,054 the federal consumer credit lawsuits filed so far in 2009 are Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against Debt Collectors and debt collection law firms. You can see for yourself at Justia.com . If you ask me that’s a lot of consumers being abused by debt collectors using questionable collection tactics. This is quite troubling as it shows that for the most part the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) and state attorney general’s are not getting involved in consumer abuse as much as they should be. These numbers also show that many debt collectors are willfully violating federal and state law to collect debts. I could see if there were maybe 75-100 (total) filed each month, but the numbers of lawsuits that consumers file