Replying to all those who were harrassed by the caller portraying to be an officer or government agent. The FTC has stopped another harrassing scammer!
The FTC "charged Tracy, California-based Kirit Patel and two companies he controls with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Often pretending to be American law enforcement agents such as "Officer Mike Johnson" or representatives of fake government agencies like the "Federal Crime Unit of the Department of Justice," callers from India who were working with the defendants would harass consumers with back-to-back calls, according to the FTC. One consumer reported that the caller threatened to have her children taken away if she did not pay, according to court documents.
The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by:
misrepresenting that they had the authority to collect on supposedly delinquent loans that consumers owed, they were a law enforcement authority or were affiliated with a government agency, and that consumers would be arrested, imprisoned, or sued; and
using obscene or profane language, and calling consumers repeatedly with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass them. "
from www.ftc.gov "Court Halts Alleged Fake Debt Collector Calls from India, Grants FTC Request to Stop Defendants Who Posed as Law Enforcers
California-based Defendant Ran Phantom Debt Collection Scheme from His Home, FTC Alleges "