Friday, July 1, 2011

Citi Debt Collectors: Customer Who Collapsed Died Of Natural Causes…Honest!

Remember Irzen Octa? He’s the Citigroup customer who was allegedly killed by three debt collectors after they got angry when he contested his bill. Octa’s window is now suing the bank for $348 million and while the trio admit they may have laid a few hands on him, that they weren’t responsible for his death.

After dropping his younger daughter at school, Octa walked into Citibank’s credit card collection department on the fifth floor of the Jamsostek tower just after 10 a.m. Four hours later, he left the 25-story building slumped motionless in a wheelchair — a victim of what police allege was a violent assault by debt collectors. Driven to a nearby hospital in a Citibank car, Octa was pronounced dead on arrival.

There are starkly conflicting versions of what happened inside the room, barely larger than a broom closet, where Octa spent most of the time from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 29…Three collectors met with Octa in the Citibank office. Their attorney says they acknowledge that one of them “tapped” Octa on the shoulder, kicked his chair and thumped a table, but they claim the businessman died of natural causes. They say that brain damage identified in an autopsy was caused by a stroke and that Octa was still alive when he was taken to the hospital….

http://dealbreaker.com/2011/06/citigroup-debt-collectors-of-the-opinion-the-customer-who-collapsed-after-they-tapped-him-on-the-shoulder-died-of-natural-causes/#more-44236

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