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    A Missouri jury ordered a debt collection company to pay $83 million to a woman for maliciously pursuing her for a $1,000 credit card bill she did not owe. The jury found the company guilty of violating fair debt collection laws and prosecuting the woman over a debt that was not hers. As part of the ruling, the company must pay $250,000 in damages and $82,990,000 in punitive damages for the malicious prosecution.

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    A Missouri jury ordered a debt collection company to pay $83 million to a woman for maliciously pursuing her for a $1,000 credit card bill she did not owe. The jury found the company guilty of violating fair debt collection laws and prosecuting the woman over a debt that was not hers. As part of the ruling, the company must pay $250,000 in damages and $82,990,000 in punitive damages for the malicious prosecution.

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    KCUR Reports Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

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    A Missouri jury ordered a debt collection company to pay $83 million to a woman for maliciously pursuing her for a $1,000 credit card bill she did not owe. The jury found the company guilty of violating fair debt collection laws and prosecuting the woman over a debt that was not hers. As part of the ruling, the company must pay $250,000 in damages and $82,990,000 in punitive damages for the malicious prosecution.

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    A Missouri jury ordered a debt buyer to pay nearly $83 million to a Kansas City woman it

    pursued for a $1,000 credit card bill she didn't owe, NPR affiliateKCUR reports. The jury
    found Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC guilty of violating the Fair Debt Collection
    Practices Act, for which it will pay $250,000 in damages, as well as maliciously
    prosecuting the woman, Maria Guadalupe Mejia, over the debt that did not belong to her.
    For the malicious prosecution, the jury awarded Mejia $82,990,000 in punitive damages.

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