O the sheer Bogosity! Unicredit America Inc., the Erie, Pa.-based
collection agency that used a fake courtroom to coerce debtors to pay, could
have to pay more than $1.2 million in penalties pending a ruling by Senior Erie
County Judge John A. Bozza.
The figure, presented by Pennsylvania's Attorney General's
office during a hearing Friday, is based on the office's legal costs and the
number of Unicredit-related complaints it handled. The office is specifically
seeking civil fines and costs from Michael J. Covatto, who had been Unicredit's
president.
State investigators, according to an Erie Times-News report,
also said Unicredit used questionable subpoenas and other tactics to pressure
debtors into paying. Unicredit's practices were egregiously unfair to consumers
and warrant the stiff penalties, Deputy Attorney General Leslie Grey told Bozza….
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