Former debt collector reveals Australian industry’s dark secrets

Sean Letcher believes the average citizen would be horrified by what really goes on behind the call centre doors

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Sean Letcher is a shadow of his former self.

Fifteen long years in the debt collection game, spending his days hounding people for unpaid bills and loans, left him shattered.

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