By: Robert J. Nahoum LVNV Funding LLC is an notorious “debt buyerâ€, buying up portfolios of old debt from banks, credit card companies, hospitals, doctors, cell phone companies and car companies for pennies on the dollar. According to the New York State Unified Court System, LVNV Funding filed more than 6,721 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2014 alone. Debt […]
Debt Buyer LVNV Funding LLC Filed 3,546 New York Debt Collection Cases In 2014
Debt Buyer Cavalry Portfolio Services Filed 2,516 New York Debt Collection Cases In 2014
By: Robert J. Nahoum Cavalry Portfolio Services is an notorious “debt buyerâ€, buying up portfolios of old debt from banks, credit card companies, hospitals, doctors, cell phone companies and car companies for pennies on the dollar. According to the New York State Unified Court System, Cavalry filed more than 2,500 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2014 alone. Debt collection […]
Debt Buyer CACH LLC Filed 6,721 New York Debt Collection Cases In 2014
By: Robert J. Nahoum CACH, LLC is an notorious “debt buyerâ€, buying up portfolios of old debt from banks, credit card companies, hospitals, doctors, cell phone companies and car companies for pennies on the dollar. According to the New York State Unified Court System, CACH, LLC filed more than 6,721 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2014 alone. Debt collection […]
Debt Buyer Midland Funding Filed 23,284 New York Debt Collection Cases In 2014
By: Robert J. Nahoum Midland Funding, LLC is an notorious “debt buyerâ€, buying up portfolios of old debt from banks, credit card companies, hospitals, doctors, cell phone companies and car companies for pennies on the dollar. According to the New York State Unified Court System, Midland Funding, LLC filed more than 23,000 New York debt collection lawsuits in 2014 alone. Debt […]
How To Answer a Summons and Complaint in a Bronx Debt Collection Lawsuit
By: Robert J. Nahoum THE PROBLEM: You’ve come home from a long day at work and find papers taped to your door. You take a closer look and realize you are being sued in the New York City Civil Court, Bronx County a by a debt collector who says you failed to pay an old debt. Now what do you […]
Three Tips for Defending a Debt Buyer Collection Case
By: Robert J. Nahoum A knock on the door, you open up and are handed court papers. That knock was from a process server and as it turns out you’re being sued. You read the caption of the court paper and have no clue who this company is and why they are suing. You read further down the page and […]
A Checklist For Proper Service of a NY Debt Collection Summons and Complaint
By: Robert J. Nahoum In New York debt collection lawsuits, most cases are won on default where the consumer never answered the complaint. Many consumers don’t answer because they don’t know they’ve been sued. Most don’t know they’ve been sued because the debt collector never properly served copies of the summons and complaint. According to New York State law, before […]
What is the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act?
By: Robert J. Nahoum THE PROBLEM: Every day in American consumers fall victim to unscrupulous business practices. The fraudsters are indiscriminate and will rip off whomever they can in any way they can. The scams cover a wide variety of business endeavors including construction, car sales, and finance and debt collection. There are federal consumer protection laws intended to protect […]
Midland Funding Sanctioned by NY Court for Frivolous Collection Case
By: Robert J. Nahoum In a scathing opinion, Judge Mark A. Gross of the Mount Vernon City Court sanctioned infamous debt buyer Midland Funding, LLC and two of its in-house attorneys, Amanda Perez, Esq. and Crystal Scott, Esq., for filing a frivolous lawsuit and other wrong doing. In the matter Midland Funding LLC v. Vivia Austinnam A/K/A Vivia Nam, six […]
What is the Debt Collection Statute of Limitations in New York?
By: Robert J. Nahoum THE PROBLEM: A debt collector has been sending you letters, calling you on the phone and may have even sued you. It’s been like pulling teeth to get the debt collector to explain what the debt is and where it came from. As it turns out, the debt collector is not the company that originally extended […]