$500,000 Awarded To California Couple In FDCPA Case

Last month, Manuel and Luz Fausto won one of the biggest collection awards documented in the last couple of years under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against Credigy Services Corporation. A California jury awarded the Faustos $500,000 in damages derived from harassment by Credigy collectors. Of the sum, granted $100,000 was for actual damages the Faustos experienced, while $400,000 was in punitive damages, granted for malicious and reckless disregard of the couples rights. According to one of the Faustos lawyers, David Humphreys of Humphreys Wallace Humphreys, P.C., and the case derived from a debt on a Wells Fargo charge card opened in 1992.

Ask Doctor Debt Intends To Enlighten The Public On Financial Literacy And Debt Collections

It is about time that someone stepped up in a venture to instruct the public on legal debt collection practices and general financial literacy. With a countless amount of bogus debt collectors throughout the United States preying on unsuspicious consumers, Ask Doctor Debt serves to fix this ever growing situation by giving consumers an outlet in which to ask questions in regards to their rights and any and all debt related questions.