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Hounded: Minnesotans in Debt
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Criminals land jobs as debt collectors
Criminals often lie to get into the debt collections industry. Despite a Minnesota law, rapists thieves and other offenders are cleared to work as collectors -- with access to financial data. Updated Mar. 24, 2011
Bradley Scott
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Justice denied as debt seizures soar
Article By: CHRIS SERRES and GLENN HOWATT ,Star Tribune staff writers Publish August 29, 2010 2:00 AM / Update March 24, 2011 5:32 PMMinnesotans struggling with debt have their bank accounts and pay seized with no judicial oversight.
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Peter Barry
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Debtors in court -- suing collectors
Article By: CHRIS SERRES , Star Tribune Publish August 1, 2010 2:00 AM / Update March 17, 2011 4:39 PMUsing legal tactics pioneered by a Minneapolis attorney, debtors are striking back.
Bonnie Hanson, right, and her daughter, Sherry Peterson.
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Phantom debts, real anguish
Article By: CHRIS SERRES and GLENN HOWATT , Star Tribune Publish June 27, 2010 2:00 AM / Update March 17, 2011 4:39 PMCourts impose few burdens of proof on firms seeking to collect old debts.
Deborah Poplawski
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In jail for being in debt
Article By: CHRIS SERRES and GLENN HOWATT , Star Tribune staff writers Publish June 6, 2010 2:00 AM / Update March 17, 2011 4:40 PMYou committed no crime, but an officer is knocking on your door. More Minnesotans are surprised to find themselves being locked up over debts.
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