Consumer Law

North Star Capital Acquisition Offers Settlement of FDCPA Claims

By Sam Glover

North Star Capital Acquisition, a Minnesota debt buyer, threatened one of my clients, called him repeatedly, and used profanity in several of the phone calls. For example: “You can do anything you f**cking want, but we are going to get this money from you one way or another.”

Shortly after we filed the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit, North Star offered to settle for statutory damages, plus attorney fees and costs. Interestingly, North Star offered $500 as a “default” for attorney fees and costs. I find this amusing, since North Star’s law firm, Messerli & Kramer, regularly demands well over $1,000 in attorney fees for collection lawsuits it drafts by the hundreds. (North Star paid our actual fees in the end.)

Here are some of the key allegations from the lawsuit:

If you are experiencing similar treatment, call a consumer rights lawyer as soon as possible.

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Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).