Las Vegas Plaintiff Sues to Stop ‘Frustrating’ Debt Collection Calls
Credit Management Services, a debt collector, violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by refusing to stop calling plaintiff Yolanda Cosme on her cellphone and also by phoning her employer and unlawfully discussing her…
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debt with a co-worker, alleged Cose’s complaint Wednesday (docket 2:24-cv-00082) in U.S. District Court for Nevada in Las Vegas. “The repeated calls are especially frustrating because they come from multiple unrecognized numbers,” said the complaint. Cosme has sent several letters “disputing the validity of the debt,” but the company “failed to provide verification of the debt” and continues to contact her, it said. The company placed the calls using an automatic telephone dialing system or with an artificial or prerecorded voice, in violation of the TCPA.