Debt Collectors Making Illegal Wage Garnishment Threats to Coerce Payment
Debt collection agencies threaten consumers with wage garnishment even when wages fall below federally protected thresholds under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Consumers are coerced into unaffordable payment arrangements they cannot sustain because they lack knowledge of their legal protections. The tactic exploits the gap between consumers' rights and their awareness of those rights.
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