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   Full restitution to 1,400 Washingtonians who made payments for old,   
   legally unenforceable debts   
      
   SEATTLE -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that   
   Renton-based collection agency Convergent will pay more than $1.6   
   million over misleading letters it sent to Washingtonians. The letters   
   contained "settlement offers" to settle debts, including student   
   loans, but failed to disclose that Convergent could not enforce the   
   debt in court. The term "settlement offer" deceptively suggested the   
   possibility of litigation to collect the debt. As a result of the   
   Attorney General's case, the 1,405 Washingtonians who sent money to   
   Convergent will get back the money they sent to the company, plus   
   interest -- a total of nearly $710,000.   
      
   https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-renton-bas   
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