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FTC Action Results in Court Issuing Temporary Restraining Order Halting Phantom Debt Collection Operation

9 Nov 2026 2:20 p.m.

A federal court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of a debt collection operation accused of using false threats to collect more than $20 million in often-fictitious debts.

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