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Debt collectors continue credit reporting without providing FDCPA validation

Collection agencies continue updating and reporting debts to credit bureaus after consumers invoke their right to validation under the FDCPA. Legally, reporting must cease until validation is provided, but collectors routinely ignore this requirement. Without an original signed contract, full accounting, and chain of title, collectors proceed anyway — leaving consumers with damaged credit and no cost-effective legal enforcement path.

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