[adorton]

There are also a couple of interesting articles about this. Here's one that I think was submitted to HN a few months ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15/magazine/bad-p...

Fascinating stuff.

[mercnet]

Also recommend that article. I couldn't believe there was a market place for trading collections between debt collectors.

[JamesSwift]

That is the article they are discussing in the interview