Two people were charged in a scheme to steal identities of consumers. One person, Deatrice Smith Williams, was the employee of the agency and the other was her son-in-law, Quentin Collick, who was an accomplice is the scandal.
These two people allegedly filled false tax returns with stolen identities and social security numbers that Williams stole while working at a collection agency in Nocross, Georgia. This collector is identified as Hollis Cobb Associates, Inc. in the complaint filed by the Feds. See attached Complaint.
Williams and Collick face a total of 13 counts of charges, including conspiracy to file false claims, theft of public funds, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
If you have any alleged accounts at Hollis Cobb Associates, Inc. you may want to check you tax records. Although this publicity is not good for Hollis Cobb Associates, Inc., there is no reason or evidence to believe the agency did anything improper. That might be the first time I have ever said that about a collection agency…
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Isnt it bad enough that they are breaking federal laws to collect from us? Then they have to steal our identity to steal more! Wow! Mike
Mike,
It is bad. It is not often I think people should go to jail, but these two need to go.
Thanks for the comment, Boiler
This is amazing. Is letting an employee steal identities of debtors a FDCPA violation? Mark
I think they have bigger problems than the FDCPA. The Ms. Williams is facing felony charges.
Thanks, Boiler