The Boston Globe wrote a powerful expose of the dark underbelly of debt collection, complete with dozens of slimy tricks that debt collectors used to cheat people out of their property and drive up costs for those who are already having trouble paying their bills. Judge Carol Kenner wrote a superb op-ed, suggesting how the debt collection laws should be reformed to protect ordinary folks from the worst abuses.
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