This story from AOL News reports on an investigation into a debt-collection company in Erie, Pennsylvania that allegedly used fake sheriff's deputies to deliver phony subpoenas ordering victims to appear in a bogus courtroom, where they were ordered to pay up.
The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General filed a civil lawsuit allegings violations of Pennsylvania's Consumer Protection Law and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, as well as violations of state and Erie County court rules governing the extraction of payments from consumers. The investigation into the case was launched after Northwestern Legal Services noticed a pattern of unusual debt collection practices.
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