Debt Collection Companies Being Sued for Harrasment & Deceptive Tade Practices in Ohio, West Virginia, & New York

Ohio Attorney General filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Cleveland debt collection agency
after getting calls from more than 200 Ohio residents complaining of threats, harassment and deception. Read the Ohio AG lawsuit here.

National Enterprise Systems of Solon, Ohio is accused of illegal collection practices.

The lawsuit was filed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

According to the lawsuit, debt collectors with National Enterprise Systems of Solon used abusive language, failed to verify debts and made unauthorized withdrawals from consumer bank accounts in violation of state and federal law.

Officials in West Virginia have also filed a similar lawsuit against the firm. Read the WV complaint here.


New York Attorney General has shut down a New York collection operation that consisted of at least nine debt collection companies across Western New York, run by Buffalo resident Tobias Boyland.

According to hundreds of consumer complaints filed with law enforcement agencies across the country, Boyland's employees violated state and federal law by routinely posing as law enforcement officials, threatening to arrest consumers and throw them in jail unless they made arrangements to pay the company immediately.

The Attorney General filed suit against Central Resource Management, Final Claims Asset Locators, Final Control Asset Locators, Interchange Payment Solutions, Next Step Services, Portfolio Asset Assurance, Silverbay Services, and Teleport..

Read the NY Complain Here.


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