Plaintiff Alleges Debt Collector Called Her Cellphone At Least 15 Times

Allied Collection Services of California violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it attempted, through “systematic calls,” to collect on past-due credit card bills that plaintiff Sophia De La Torre defaulted on, alleged De La Torre’s class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-03234) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. De La Torre was feeling harassed by Allied’s repeated phone calls, so she demanded that the company stop calling her, said the complaint. Allied’s representatives nevertheless “have persisted with their coercive attempts at extracting payment” from De La Torre, it said. She estimates that Allied placed no fewer than 15 calls to her cellphone without her consent, it said.