PA Woman Claims Hamilton Law Group Threatens Alleged Debtors

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Hamilton Law Group is facing claims that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in falsely representing the consequences of a consumer’s failure to pay an alleged debt. A Pennsylvania woman filed a proposed class action against the law firm after it supposedly sent her a letter in response to her dispute of an alleged debt. The letter allegedly warned the plaintiff that companies “may have already made important decisions” using her credit report that would negatively impact her. According to the complaint:

“As the Letter was received in response to a dispute with the credit bureaus, the Plaintiff, as would any least sophisticated consumer, believed that the Defendant may have knowledge of specific actions being taken by any companies that may be in possession of the Plaintiff’s credit report.”

The suit claims the defendant included these threatening statements “in an attempt to scare” the plaintiff into paying off her alleged debt.