The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced a settlement with an Illinois-based debt-collection company accused of threatening to sue or arrest consumers, even though it did not intend to take such action.
The bureau also found the company falsely represented to consumers that company employees were attorneys, among other things.
Read on for more highlights from the CFPB’s consent order, plus another recent settlement with a money transfer business.
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