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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Debt Collection Company Sued Over Racist Voicemails, Must Pay $1.5 Million

Advanced Call Center Technologies tried to collect $200 on a disputed debt from Allen Jones a few years ago. Part of the company's advanced technology is its innovative voicemail strategy, where its employees leave wildly offensive, racist messages for people. Jones sued the company, and last week the jury awarded him $50k for mental anguish and $1.5 million in punitive damages.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

They will just close, and not pay.

Anonymous said...

Who cares no one deserves money just because they got their feelings hurt .Stop being weak !

Anonymous said...

did anyone notice it was a black man from the company on the phone saying all that crap? id like to trace the money to find out who is about to get paid-off

Anonymous said...

now the company can sue for the disputed debt and win. now eyeryone will be happy lol

Chimera said...

What did they say to him?