FORT WORTH – A Tarrant County consumer alleges a debt collector unlawfully contacted family members.
James Nikolopolous filed a complaint on Aug. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division against Account Discovery System LLC alleging that the New York-based debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that on or about Aug. 1, his sister, uncle and cousin all received several phone calls from defendant demanding that the plaintiff pay his alleged debt. He alleges the calls caused him to suffer humiliation and embarrassment.
The plaintiff holds Account Discovery Systems LLC responsible because the defendant allegedly unlawfully communicated with his relatives for the purpose of acquiring location information about him without his consent and unlawfully stated that he owes an alleged consumer debt.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks statutory damages of $1,000, attorney’s fees, litigation expenses and costs and such other or further relief as the court deems proper. He is represented by Shawn Jaffer of Shawn Jaffer Law Firm PLLC in Dallas.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division case number 4:18-cv-00633-O