This is one of the rare times that SCOTUS was in full agreement. Key word is “ANOTHER”
“Because the law defines debt collectors as “those who regularly seek to collect debts ‘owed ... another,’” Gorsuch said the statute’s plain language seems to focus on third-party collection agents regularly collecting for a debt owner instead of a debt owner seeking to collect debts for itself.””
But those debts were owed another until they were “sold” in a shell game.