Woman sues Target over debt collection (Seeks class action-using false affidavits)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A woman filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Target Corp. and its law firm over the discount department store chain's debt collection practices, saying false affidavits were used to go after customers who allegedly owed money to a subsidiary bank that issues the store's credit cards.

Vicki Higgins' lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of Target customers who have repaid Target National Bank debts, paid legal fees, lost lawsuits or had their credit scores damaged as a result of debt collections using the allegedly false affidavits.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a court order to stop the debt collection practices alleged by Ms. Higgins, who lives in Westmoreland County.

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Officials with Target National Bank of Sioux Falls, S.D., and the chain's law firm, Patenaude & Felix APC, did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press. The suit also names a Target official identified only as Adam Grim, who signed the debt affidavits, a notary public who attested to the documents, and several "John Doe" defendants -- one being an unknown "officer at Target Corporation who authorized the implementation of the false affidavit factory" described in the lawsuit.





Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11111/1140964-100.stm

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. good on you Vicki Higgins!!!

[DCKit]

2. This sounds eerily familiar. nt

[spinbaby]

3. Weird

I've had a Target credit card for years and kept it in preference to others because they seemed so much more reasonable. I guess they can get pretty unreasonable.

[damntexdem]

4. Boycott Target anyway.

But join the class-action suit if they've screwed you over in the ways alleged.