Relieve Your Debts!

Encore Capital Group, a San Diego based debt portfolio buyer and its subsidiaries Midland Funding LLC and Midland Credit Management Inc., are being sued by the Minnesota AG for alleged robo signing of court affidavits.

According to Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, “Midland has perverted the justice system by filing robo-signed affidavits in court and hounding citizens for debt they don’t owe.”

The lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County, Minnesota, reportedly includes testimony from Midland employees that some had signed as many as 400 affidavits a day without reading through them.

Minnesota’s action follows an Ohio Judge’s ruling that cleared the way for the lawsuit to proceed.  The Judge ruled that Minnesota’s cases would not interfere with a previously filed $5.2 million class action against these giants of the debt collection agency industry. The lawsuit ask for a cessation to improper practices and fines of $25,000 per violation and for contempt of court.

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