According to a study by activists for low income communities, buyers of uncollected debt won one point one billion dollars in court judgments in the past few years. The report, compiled by four nonprofit organizations alleges that on a consistent basis, buyers of uncollected debt violate state law by filing bogus lawsuits against low income New Yorkers, many times without presenting any proof of their claims or serving individuals properly. Typically, the debt buyers will obtain automatic default judgments in their favor because the people that are being sued aren’t aware of the cases and thus do not appear in court for their hearings.”It is clear that the worst players heavily benefit from illegal and abusive debt collection practices,” stated the lawyer in charge of the civil practice at the Legal Aid society, one of the four non profits.