Consumer complaint received 2025-03-05 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
THIS IS A REPEAT DISPUTE I filed a dispute against the account below reporting inaccurate information to XXXX XXXX, XXXX and XXXX. This account is deceptive, misleading and fraudulent. 
MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT XXXX reporting a past due amount of {$1100.00} This unlawful crime has caused me immediate financial harm by adverse action due to being denied any extension of credit. In accordance with my rights under 15 U.S. Code 1681o Civil liability for negligent noncompliance, the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ). I have continuously demanded the contract and or agreement made to this company signed with my wet ink signature that legally binds me to the above debts. 

I request that the CFPB take action to ensure MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT complies with federal law and provide me, the consumer with the necessary proof of debt validation as this accounts is unlawful according to 18 U.S. Code 894 - Collection of extensions of credit by extortionate ( a ) Whoever knowingly participates in any way, or conspires to do so, in the use of any extortionate means ( 1 ) to collect or attempt to collect any extension of credit, or ( 2 ) to punish any person for the nonrepayment thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

( b ) In any prosecution under this section, for the purpose of showing an implicit threat as a means of collection, evidence may be introduced tending to show that one or more extensions of credit by the creditor were, to the knowledge of the person against whom the implicit threat was alleged to have been made, collected or attempted to be collected by extortionate means or that the nonrepayment thereof was punished by extortionate means. 
( c ) In any prosecution under this section, if evidence has been introduced tending to show the existence, at the time the extension of credit in question was made, of the circumstances described in section 892 ( b ) ( 1 ) or the circumstances described in section 892 ( b ) ( 2 ), and direct evidence of the actual belief of the debtor as to the creditors collection practices is not available, then for the purpose of showing that words or other means of communication, shown to have been employed as a means of collection, in fact carried an express or implicit threat, the court may in its discretion allow evidence to be introduced tending to show the reputation of the defendant in any community of which the person against whom the alleged threat was made was a member at the time of the collection or attempt at collection. 

Also to include The statute of limitations for debt collection is covered in Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings 5-101.

The statute of limitations begins when the debt is incurred. For credit cards, this is when the first minimum payment is missed.

The 1st missed payment as reported by the original creditor is as follows : MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT XXXX/ The 1st missed payment as reported by the original creditor XXXX XXXX XX/XX/year>.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation