Two Top Prosecutors Go After Debt Collection Agencies
Monday, June 7, 2010 8:12:48 PM
It was revealed in recent news that top legal prosecutors in Washington and Louisiana announced actions they had taken against accounts receivable management firms and their owners and managers.
Louisiana's attorney general James Caldwell announced on Friday that his office had gotten a hold of injunctions against two collection agencies and their owners. On the same day, Rob McKenna, Washington's Attorney General said that his office had settled charges with a collection agency that had promised to stay on the straightened arrow. In a press release, Caldwell's office stated that in late December they had gotten a hold of an injunction against Bush and Kennedy, Inc, a Baton Rouge based collection company. The order he won placed restrictions on the business, banning them from operating further, and specifically, ordered that two of the firm's principals, Quay W. Pattott Jr, and William S. Fesguson were banned from conducting business together.
Late last week, a judge hit Ferguson and Parrott with additional injunctions as was requested by Caldwell's office. Ferguson is barred from using deceptive and unfair acts and practices at his current place of business, Franklin, Grant and Associates Incorporated, a collection agency based out of Metairie Louisiana. Parrott is completely restricted against conducting any new business at his new place of work, Metairie based Halsey and Associates, LLC.
In Washington, McKenna's office stated that Topco Financial Services Inc, a Washington based collection company agreed not to harass, curse out, or threaten consumers as part of a settlement. The collection company must pay around $38,000 in legal fees and penalties. An additional $82,000 in fees and penalties were suspended pending that the company agrees with the settlement terms.
As per the agreement, Topco is restricted from harassing, intimidating, threatening and embarrassing debtors, including using profanity. They are banned from implying that failure to pay an unpaid bill will result in a revocation, suspension or impairment of the debtor's driver's license. They are no longer allowed to threaten consumers with impairment of their credit rating. However, the agency is permitted to report debts legally to credit reporting agencies.
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