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Debt collectors have a tough job in any type of economy, but apparently desperate times lead to desperate measures: Using Facebook to contact the relatives of a creditor has sparked a lawsuit in Tampa, Florida.
Debt collectors have a tough job in any type of economy, but apparently desperate times lead to desperate measures: Using Facebook to contact the relatives of a creditor has sparked a lawsuit in Tampa, Florida.
Attorney Billy Howard of Morgan & Morgan in Tampa, Florida has filed the first motion in the country to stop a bank collector from using Facebook to contact the relatives of a creditor, he said in a telephone interview.
The case filed in August goes before a jury presided over by Judge Douglas W.
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