Debt collectors, payday lenders collected over $500 million in federal pandemic relief
Source: Washington Post
Paycheck Protection Program money went to firms that have drawn sanctions and received hundreds of consumer complaints
By Peter Whoriskey, Joel Jacobs and Aaron Gregg
Jan. 15, 2021 at 6:13 a.m. EST
A Texas firm that describes itself as one of the nation’s largest medical bill collectors was racking up consumer complaints last year.
“For months this company has been reporting inaccurate, unverifiable, erroneous things on my credit report and I am sick of it!!!” states one consumer’s report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in January 2020.
“I get calls almost every other day,” according to another in April. “I consider this harassment.”
“I am reporting a potentially fraudulent credit collection and reporting issue,” said a third.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/15/debt-collectors-payday-ppp/
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People are struggling FFS. 
