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Lawsuits Filed in 2009
Against the Following Debt Collection Companies: Nelson Watson & Associates, LLC The consumer alleged that Nelson, Watson & Associates, LLC
violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making deceptive, false
and misleading statements that they were contacting the consumer to let them
know about a possible lawsuit between the consumer and the creditor; they
were making a pre-legal recommendation regarding the debt; if the consumer
sent a request for validation of the debt, then the entire balance would be
due in full; that the request for validation was useless; the debt collector
was a pre-litigation debt collector. Filed January 8, 2009. FirstSource Advantage, LLC The consumer alleges that FirstSource Advantage, LLC violated
the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making deceptive, false and
misleading statements that the debt was in a pre-legal status, that they were
probably going to garnish his wages or place a lien against his property when
no legal right to file a garnishment or lien existed. Filed April 20, 2009. AFNI, Inc. The consumer alleges that AFNI, Inc. violated the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act by making deceptive, false, and misleading statements:
sending the consumer a letter with a settlement offer that allowed the
consumer to mail in the settlement and then telling the consumer they were
required to pay by debit card by phone to take advantage of the settlement
offer; giving the consumer a false deadline to remit payment on the
settlement offer; and making false statements regarding credit reporting of
the debt. Filed May 19, 2009. Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc. The consumer alleges that Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc.
violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by filing a lawsuit against
the consumer with a cardholder agreement that was never issued for the
consumer’s credit card account; attaching to the lawsuit false documents
regarding the sale and purchase of the credit card account; and by making
false statements regarding the debt to the credit reporting agencies. Filed June 4, 2009. Brock & Scott, PLLC The consumer alleges that Brock & Scott, PLLC violated the
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by falsely threatening to immediately sue
the consumer for the debt; falsely telling the consumer that they would get a
judgment against the consumer and then send a sheriff to levy on the
consumer’s property; falsely representing that the consumer was already sued
on the debt when no lawsuit has ever been filed regarding the debt. Filed June 8, 2009. Barristers
Collection Services, Inc. The consumer alleges that Barristers Collection Services, Inc.
violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by asking the consumer what
kind of children she had that would not pay the debt for her; by telling the
consumer that the creditor was going to legally pursue taking the consumer’s
assets; by telling the consumer’s daughter that she didn’t care about her
mother because she wasn’t going to pay her mother’s debt. Filed June 15, 2009. Mann Bracken, LLP The consumer alleges that Mann
Bracken, LLC violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending the
consumer notice that an arbitration action against him was stayed while a
payment arrangement was being negotiated and then proceeding with the
arbitration action against the consumer with no notice to the consumer; by
making false statements to the consumer that a lawsuit had been filed against
the consumer when no such lawsuit had been filed; by making confusing and
conflicting statements regarding repayment of the debt. Filed June 19, 2009. Aegis Receivables Management, Inc. The consumer alleges that Aegis
Receivables Management, Inc. violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
by falsely representing to the consumer that payment of the settlement offer
would settle the debt to a zero balance, as the consumer paid the settlement
amount but the creditor still claims that there is a balance on the debt. Filed June 19, 2009. Cadlerock Joint Venture II, L.P. The consumer alleges that Cadlerock
Joint Venture II, L.P. violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by
falsely representing the principal balance on the debt to the consumer and to
the State Court of Fulton County and by trying to collect an amount owed on
the debt that was not according to the contract or to state law. Filed July 13, 2009. Macdowell & Associates, Limited The consumer alleges that Macdowell
& Associates, Limited violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by
garnishing the consumer’s wages by more than the amount owed for the judgment
and by continuing to communicate directly with the consumer when they knew
that the consumer was represented by an attorney. Filed July 16, 2009. Smith, Klein & Associates A/K/A
Allstate Collections, LLC The consumer alleges that Smith,
Klein & Associates A/K/A Allstate Collections violated the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act by contacting the consumer’s relatives in an attempt
to collec the debt; by falsely representing the amount owed on the debt; by
making false threats that legal action had been filed to collect the debt;
and by falsely representing to the consumer that the debt collector was an
attorney. Filed July 16, 2009. Lawsuits Filed in 2008 Against the Following Debt Collection Companies: ·
Federated
Collection Bureau, Inc. ·
Nations
Recovery Center, Inc. ·
Commonwealth
Financial Systems, Inc. ·
Mann
Bracken, LLC ·
Encore
Receivable Management, Inc. ·
Creditors
Interchange Receivable Management, LLC ·
Portfolio
Recovery Services, LLC ·
Law
Offices of Ross Gelfand, LLC ·
ARS
National Services, Inc. ·
NCO
Financial Systems, Inc. ·
Allied
Interstate, Inc. ·
Brachfeld
& Associates ·
Capital
Management Services, L.P. ·
Paragon
Way, Inc. Lawsuits Filed in 2007 Against the Following Debt Collection Companies: ·
Frederick J. Hanna & Associates,
P.C., Frederick J. Hanna, Attorney and Dennis E. Henry, Attorney. (Multiple
Cases) ·
Anderson Crenshaw & Associates,
LLC (Multiple Cases) ·
Creative Credit Solutions, LLC ·
CACV of Colorado, LLC ·
Mann Bracken, LLC ·
Reynolds & Robin, P.C. and
Sherwin P. Robin, Attorney ·
Routhmeir Sterling, Inc. ·
Academy Collection Service, Inc. ·
Central Credit Services, Inc. and
Nelson, Watson & Associates, LLC ·
Trauner, Cohen & Thomas, L.L.P. ·
Law Offices of Pollack & Rosen, P.C. ·
Alliance One Receivables Management, Inc. ·
Palisades Collection, L.L.C. ·
First Source Advantage, LLC ·
Credigy Receivables, Inc. ·
Collectcorp Corporation ·
United Collection Bureau, Inc. ·
Houston Funding II, Ltd. ·
McCullough Payne & Haan, LLC ·
Central Credit Services, Inc. ·
Merchants Credit Guide Company ·
Tyler and Morgan, LLC Lawsuits Filed in 2006 Against the Following Debt Collection Companies: ·
Frederick J. Hanna & Associates,
P.C. (Multiple Cases) ·
Credit Rating Bureau, Inc. D/B/A CRB
Service Company ·
Phillips & Cohen Associates,
Ltd. and Josephine Doe ·
Trauner, Cohen, & Thomas,
L.L.P. (Multiple Cases) ·
Integrity Resolution Group LLC, The Lineage
Group, Inc., and SCA Business Center, Inc. ·
Diversified Consultants, Inc. and
Erica Satterfield ·
Mann Bracken, LLC (Multiple Cases) ·
National Enterprise Systems, Inc.
(Multiple Cases) ·
Law Offices of Gerald E. Moore &
Associates, P.C. ·
Law Offices of Ross Gelfand, LLC
(Multiple Cases) ·
Macey, Wilensky, Cohen, Wittner
& Kessler, LLP (Multiple Cases) ·
Creditors Interchange Receivable
Management, LLC (Multiple Cases) ·
Portfolio Recovery Services, LLC ·
NCO Financial Systems, Inc. ·
Associated Receivables, Inc., David
Hershkowitz and The Offices of Phillips & Burns Inc. ·
National Action Financial Services,
Inc. ·
Quality Recovery Services, Inc. ·
Lindquist & Trudeau, Inc. ·
Friedman & Wexler, L.L.C. ·
GC Services Limited Partnership |
