{Charleston, West Virginia}...In a lawsuit filed in Kanawha County this week, the state Attorney General's Office is trying to stop seven debt collection agencies from doing business in West Virginia. Assistant Attorney General Normal Googel says the companies, that are not licensed in West Virginia, are calling state residents and threatening them saying, "If you don't pay this debt by five o'clock today you're going to be arrested." Googel says none of that is true and none of that is legal, but the companies are getting as much money as they can from people who pay because they are scared even when they know it's not even their debt or it's debt they paid years ago.
The companies and individuals sued by McGraw’s office include the following:
- County Filing Services, Inc., Portfolio Investment Financial, and Todd Loop
- Investment Management and Recoveries, Inc. and Randall Ray Goins
- Rosenthal, Stein and Associates, LLC and Sharisse Williams
- Vision Credit Solutions, LLC and James P. Belstadt
- National Capital Management, Inc., Ryan Daniel Todora, and Natalie Lynn Rowe
- Dorsey Thornton & Associates, LLC, Wyteria Dorsey and Michael Thornton
The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Hotline is 1-800-368-8808.
