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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Encore Capital Group
Penalty: $15,079,308
Year: 2020
Date: October 15, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a proposed stipulated final judgment and order to settle its lawsuit against Encore Capital Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Midland Funding, LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. Encore and its subsidiaries are currently subject to a 2015 consent order with the Bureau based on the Bureau's previous findings that they violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Bureau sued Encore and its subsidiaries on September 8 of this year, alleging that they violated the terms of this consent order and again violated the FDCPA and CFPA in their debt-collection practices.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: debt recovery
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