TAMPA – A Polk County consumer has filed suit against a debt collector alleging harassment.
Humberto Ferrer filed a complaint on July 11 in the Tampa Division for the Middle District of Florida against Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that between October 2014 and May, he was contacted several times on his cellular telephone in an attempt to collect an alleged debt he owed. The plaintiff holds Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC responsible because the defendant allegedly called plaintiff several times using an automatic dialing system despite plaintiffs request to stop calling.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks statutory damages, punitive damages, actual damages, all legal fees and interest, and any other relief as the court deems just. He is represented by Jared M. Lee of Morgan & Morgan Tampa PA in Orlando.
Tampa Division for the Middle District of Florida Case number 8:16-cv-01994-MSS-AAS