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06-26-2009, 12:51 AM
Buffalo...Wonder what officer has ties to that city. "We shake down a few more suckas and we can buy us some of those internets."
NEW YORK — State authorities have shut down a collection agency they said terrified people across the country into paying debts by telling them if they didn’t send money immediately, they would be thrown in jail.
Investigators said collectors working for the Buffalo company routinely posed as law enforcement officials in a bid to trick people into thinking they going to be arrested.
During one call recorded by a debtor, a man who vaguely identified himself as an investigator from “the warrant division” said one victim was about to be “picked up.”
“Make sure you have somewhere for your kids to go. Lock up your house. Get some clean clothes, because you’re not coming home anytime soon,” the caller said.
In reality, authorities said, the business was run not by law officers, but convicted felons. Its owner was former drug dealer who goes by the nickname “Bags of Money” and served 13 years for attempted robbery.
“This company was run by people who lied, bullied and preyed on vulnerable Americans struggling to resolve their financial situation,” Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.
NEW YORK — State authorities have shut down a collection agency they said terrified people across the country into paying debts by telling them if they didn’t send money immediately, they would be thrown in jail.
Investigators said collectors working for the Buffalo company routinely posed as law enforcement officials in a bid to trick people into thinking they going to be arrested.
During one call recorded by a debtor, a man who vaguely identified himself as an investigator from “the warrant division” said one victim was about to be “picked up.”
“Make sure you have somewhere for your kids to go. Lock up your house. Get some clean clothes, because you’re not coming home anytime soon,” the caller said.
In reality, authorities said, the business was run not by law officers, but convicted felons. Its owner was former drug dealer who goes by the nickname “Bags of Money” and served 13 years for attempted robbery.
“This company was run by people who lied, bullied and preyed on vulnerable Americans struggling to resolve their financial situation,” Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.