U.S. Treasury Must Protect Stimulus Payments From Garnishment by Debt Collectors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 1, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Treasury must act immediately to ensure that the stimulus payments about to go out to millions of Americans are available for food and necessities and are not grabbed by debt collectors, according to advocates at the National Consumer Law Center. […]

Sued By Galaxy International Purchasing LLC In New York or New Jersey?

By: Robert J. Nahoum THE PROBLEM: Three scenarios might have led you this article: You have just been notified by your bank that your account has been frozen because there is a debt collection judgment against you by some company called Galaxy International Purchasing LLC.  You’ve received a notice from your County Sheriff or a New York City Marshall that […]

Debt Collection Law Firm Forster & Garbus Filed a Whopping 23,312 NY Debt Collection Cases In 2018

By: Robert J. Nahoum According to the New York State Unified Court System, the prolific debt collection law-firm Forster & Garbus filed a staggering 23,312 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2018 alone.  Drilling down on the numbers shows where the highest concentration of Forster & Garbus debt collection cases were filed: Almost 4,000 in the Bronx Over 5,500 in […]

Debt Collection Law-Firm Pressler and Pressler Filed 4,812 NY Debt Collection Cases In 2018

By: Robert J. Nahoum According to the New York State Unified Court System, junk debt buyers Pressler and Pressler, LLP filed 4,812 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2018.  Pressler & Pressler, who is also now going by the name “Pressler, Felt & Warshaw, LLP†has its headquarters located at 7 Entin Road, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-5020 but also has […]

Debt Collection Law-Firm Selip & Stylianou Filed a Whopping 28,939 NY Debt Collection Cases In 2018

By: Robert J. Nahoum According to the New York State Unified Court System, the prolific debt collection law-firm Selip & Stylianou, LLP filed a staggering 28,939 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2018.  Drilling down on the numbers: Over 4,000 in the Bronx Over 5,000 in Brooklyn Nearly 3,000 in Manhattan Nearly 3,000 in Nassau County Over 5,000 in Queens […]