Craig E. Gearing v. Check Brokerage Corporation and Drew T. Erwin

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• holding unintentional misrepresen- tation of debt collector’s legal status violated FDCPA
• finding violation of Section 1692e(10) where debt collector filed complaint to collect debt with attached affidavit falsely claiming collector was subrogee of original creditor
• false allegations in state court complaint were actionable as misrepresentations of the legal status of the debt
• state court complaint stated incorrectly that debt collection agency had right of subrogation
• “Section 1692e applies even when a false representa- tion is unintentional”
• debt collector-attorneys violated Section 1692e(2

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