Prolific FDCPA Violator taken to task: Infante v. Law Office of Joseph Onwuteaka, P.C. (5th Cir. May 31, 2018)

Fifth Circuit chides serial FDCPA violator Joseph Onwuteaka for shoddy appellate briefing, rules against him once more in a private suit over his abusive collection practices involving hundreds of lawsuits filed against debtors in a county where the defendant did not live and had not signed the contract. (Violation of FDCPA's venue provision for consumer collection suits). Onwuteaka, his law firm, and his debt buying company SAMARA PORTFOLIO LLC were also sued by the Consumer Protection Provision of the Texas Attorney General's Office under state law for the same unfair collection practices, and for failure to redact sensitive personal information from court-filed papers. The State's enforcement case carried on over several years and eventually resulted in a multi-million dollar judgment against the defendants. See older post on — > State of Texas (Attorney General) vs Joseph Onwuteaka et al IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE FIFTH…

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