Rent-A-Center’s Alleged Consumer Harassment Tactics Lead to $8.75 Million Settlement
Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell settled with Rent-A-Center, Inc. to resolve allegations that the rent-to-own company violated state consumer protection laws and debt collection regulations by engaging in coercive and abusive conduct towards consumers who failed to make rental payments. AG Campbell alleges that Rent-A-Center improperly used the threat of arrest or prosecution as a…