SAN DIEGO – An Oakland consumer alleges that debt collectors failed to identify themselves in calls they made to him.
Jorge Flores filed a complaint on June 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Worldwide Processing Group LLC, Forward Movement Recovery, Nick Wells and Does 1-5 alleging violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in November 2016, the defendants began calling him in an attempt to collect an alleged debt. The plaintiff holds Worldwide Processing Group LLC, Forward Movement Recovery, Wells and Does 1-5 responsible because the defendants allegedly failed to identify themselves as debt collectors or disclose the purpose of their calls.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks statutory damages of $1,000; $1,955 for legal costs; interest; all legal fees and any other relief as the court deems just. He is represented by Robert Amador of Centennial Law Offices in Ventura.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case number 4:17-cv-03236-KAW