On June 23, 2023, after a bench trial in the federal District Court in Boston, Judge Denise Casper awarded the Plaintiffs double their actual damages and their attorneys fees after finding that Champion Funding, Judgment Acquisitions Unlimited and Andrew Metcalf willfully violated federal and state debt collection regulations and violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act by first seizing a vehicle belonging to the debtor’s son (who was a Jr.) and refusing to return it after being notified that it was not the debtor’s car, and then by subsequently seizing the actual debtor’s leased vehicle and wrongfully holding for 204 days.  SERGIO ESPINOSA SR. & SERGIO ESPINOSA JR., Plaintiffs, v. ANDREW C. METCALF d/b/a JUDGMENT ACQUISITIONS UNLIMITED, et al., No. 21-CV-10356-DJC, 2023 WL 4157245, at *7 (D. Mass. June 23, 2023)

If you have been the subject of aggressive debt collection tactics by Champion Funding or Judgment Acquisitions Unlimited, call us today for a free consultation to find out if you may be entitled to damages. Even if you have already paid to settle the debt they claim you owed, you may still have a right to bring claims.