Bogus Debt Collectors Face $9 Million Penalty
Operating under the name of Stark Law and other names, the operators of a Chicago-area debt collection scheme targeted people who had applied for payday or other short-term loans, pretended to be a law firm with the authority to sue, and provided bogus payday loan portfolios to other debt buyers, who then tried to collect the fake debts. The owners have to come up with $9 million in surrendered assets. [11/2/17]


