Debt collecting giant pursued 200,000 debts from Victorians while allegedly banned from operating in state

The Guardian

Thousands of people affected by actions of Panthera Finance, before it was acquired by new owners Francom Group

One of Australia’s largest debt collecting firms attempted to claw back more than 200,000 individual debts in Victoria while allegedly banned from doing so by the state’s regulator, Guardian Australia can reveal.

Affected consumers who paid the company could be entitled to refunds if the collection activity is found to be in breach of the state ban.

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