Of the fun to read what was that like . Guest i was at Brandon Wilsons Collection Agency. He said to me, you have to get on the phone. If you can observe all you want but you wont understand what its like and i was reluctant for a few reasons. They started kind of her running me and saying, you have got to try this. I sat in front of one of these terminals. They had it on an autodialer says that debtors whose Contact Information had been verified would route to me. The first call came to me, and it was a woman who owed 450 on herself on bill. I said something like, man, i see you of this with interest, but we can give you a reduced rate. Would you consider paying this. I heard myself thinking, i would not paid. A weak opening gambit. Eventually we are talking and i am trying brandon told me you have to marry the daughter, have such empathy. What is going on with you in your life . Are you working . Connection. And at one point she says maybe i can write you a check, but i dont seize on
Words, with guest host, author nomi prins. This week this American Life contributor jake halpern and his latest book, bad paper. It tells the story of a former Bank Executive and a former bank robber going into business together to collect unpaid bank debts by often questionable means. The program is about an hour. Host hi and welcome. Im nomi prins here today with jake halpern, the author of the fascinating and horrifying new book, bad paper chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. Jake, welcome. Guest thanks for having me. Host thank you. This book is incredible, and so is your story. And i think the two really mirror each other. This takes place in buffalo, new york, a lot of it. And youre from there, arent you . Guest yeah, thats right. I grew up there. My tad and his wife my dad and his wife still live there, and its how i find my way into this world. Host you talk about a particular and many unsavory characters that are scrabbling to make their own peace with the world an
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She defies any stereotype we have of a debtor. Shes helping her parents have for mortgage. Her life falls apart after she gets out out of the marine corps. She finds out her husband is cheating on her. She kicks him out of the house and she is still on the hook for the vehicle payments in the mortgage and she falls behind on her bills. At that point the fees start kicking in on this Washington Mutual card which is the card connected to the package. Over the limit fees and eventually she cant pay it anymore. Unbeknownst to her Washington Mutual sells off this debt to it that pirated ends up getting into into aaron siegel phantom buffalo that it ends up being stolen in the hands of these guys that dont actually own it. So one day theresa gets a call and they say you owe this money and you need to pay this right now or there will be legal repercussions and this is your chance to do it. The calls get increasingly threatening. Meanwhile theresa got a job working as a Border Patrol in the so
They are all young men, 20, 18, and 17 years old. Police are looking for another suspect, a juvenile. That search continues to this afternoon a memorial at this site as a grieving Community Comes together to try to move forward. In a moment filled with so much pain, Brandon Wilsons mother asks anyone listening to remember the good. Remember my son as a wonderful, happy boy. It was here in this area known as the cut for the 16yearold was shot and killed monday afternoon. Neighbors reported hearing between five and eight shots. The suspects took off. Why these monsters wanted to murder my son, i still dont know. 20yearoldrested kawain smalls, 18yearold wilson. A third male, juvenile, is also in custody. To smallshome as well as wilsons. They are not giving up anything. This with a random incident. Ns mother does not agree that drugs were involved. We will suffer here for missing him. He will not suffer anymore. This afternoon, neighbor spent a lot of time cleaning up this area, saying it