More than a dozen employees of a Buffalo, NY, firm are accused of lying to, threatening, and bullying thousands of people across the US in what officials say is the biggest debt-collection fraud ever prosecuted. Some 15 employees of Four Star Resolution have been charged with fraudulently collecting $31 million, NBC News reports. An indictment states that the firm’s “elite” team used “particularly aggressive and egregious tactics,” including sending fake legal documents, “in attempting to trick consumers into paying debts.” In some cases, collectors tried to squeeze more money out of the victims than they owed, according to the indictment.
