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Lawsuit claims Portland State debt collector violated state, federal law with ‘excessive fees’

July 17, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

OregonLive
By Andrew Theen
July 14, 2017

A class-action lawsuit filed in federal court claims a private debt collection company contracted by Portland State University violated Oregon and federal laws by charging fees as high as 25 percent of the debt owed to the university.

Tara Bowman filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland "on behalf of herself and potentially thousands of former PSU students," the lawsuit reads.

Read the full article at the Oregon Live website here.