Local Debt Collector Fined for Harassing Customers
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Local Debt Collector Fined for Harassing Customers
Posted on August 4, 2010. Filed under: Debt Collectors,Debt in America,FDCPA | Tags: collector harassment, FDCPA |
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) — A local debt collection agency has agreed to pay a $125,000 fine, as part of a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Hamburg-based Lewis Hastie Receivables acknowledged that it violated debt collection laws by “harassing and intimidating consumers.”
“Consumers did not receive verification of the debt,” Deputy Attorney General for Regional Affairs David Samson explains. “What that me