Collection Recon

Collection Firm Announces Launch of “Nice People Collect More” Website

Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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Access Receivables Management (ARM), a Maryland based collections firm has announced the launch of their “Nice People Collect More” website. The site has two URL’s – http://www.NicePeopleCollect.com and http://www.Access-Receivables.com

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Maryland is Changing the Rules for Debt Collectors

Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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In the fall of 2007, Kevin Zurrin and his wife, Jennifer Levy, were shocked to learn that they were being dunned for almost $20,000. A writ of property garnishment had been filed in the city’s Circuit Court, and a law firm was coming after them.

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Maryland makes it tougher for debt collectors to sue consumers

Posted on 19. Sep, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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Maryland has joined a growing number of states in which judges must demand greater proof from debt buyers before allowing them to sue consumers to recover alleged obligations.

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Credit union association has new president/CEO

Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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The Maryland and District of Columbia Credit Union Association (MDDCCUA) has announced the addition of John Bratsakis as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer.

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Md. courts freeze 900 debt-collection lawsuits

Posted on 21. Jul, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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Maryland’s District Courts are putting a freeze on about 900 debt-collection lawsuits after the local company that filed them tried and failed to get a license.

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10,000 GMAC Foreclosures Stopped in Maryland

Posted on 18. Jan, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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In a major ruling Friday, a coalition of nonprofit defense lawyers and consumer protection advocates in Maryland successfully got over 10,000 foreclosure cases managed by GMAC Mortgage tossed out, because affidavits in the cases were signed by Jeffrey Stephan, the infamous GMAC “robo-signer” who attested to the authenticity of foreclosure documents without any knowledge about them, as well as signing other false statements.