ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST WNY MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY RAN DEBT COLLECTION BUSINESS FROM PRISON
Lamont Cooper’s employees posed as law enforcement, threatened to throw consumers in jail if they didn’t pay debts ~ Latest action in Cuomo’s ongoing investigation into debt collection industry BUFFALO, N.Y. (August 25, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced criminal charges against Lamont Cooper, 38, formerly of Heritage Drive in Lancaster, for allegedly operating his Buffalo-based debt collection agency while incarcerated in federal prison on unrelated charges. Cooper was previously barred by court order from the debt collection industry in 2009 after Attorney General Cuomo’s Office determined that his operation regularly used threats and intimidation against consumers. According to the felony complaint, Cooper continued to operate CMC Recovery Services, Inc., d/b/a Legal Action Recovery located on Bailey Avenue in Buffalo in violation of a May 2009 court order barring him from the business. Cooper and CMC Recovery Services were charged in Buffalo City Court w...