A debt collector in Buffalo who is allegedly being investigated by authorities now has a civil lawsuit to defend himself against, who denies any wrongdoing and that he is being unfairly targeted to the point where he has made the decision to get out of the debt collection business, according to a published report.
Mark Miller has been a frequent subject of media reports in Buffalo in recent months. Last year, armed authorities raided his home and seized $90,000 in cash that was found in shoeboxes under his bed. Miller is still fighting to have that money returned to him. Last month, more than $400,000 was seized from a payment processing company that allegedly laundered money for Miller. The payment processing company has denied any wrongdoing.
Now an Ohio man has filed a lawsuit against Miller, accusing a supervisor, under the direction of Miller, of encouraging collectors to get high on drugs in order to collect more aggressively. The man filed the suit after he received repeated calls from a collector working for Miller in regards to a debt allegedly owed by the man’s mother. When the man allegedly asked for the calls to stop, the collectors allegedly said that the calls would not stop until her “gave up his mother,” according to the report.
In an interview, Miller claimed he can make $50,000 a month “doing collections legally,” which led him to question why he would need to break the law. Miller claims that some of the allegations made by the man in his lawsuit came from a former collector that Miller fired after she allegedly used an individual’s credit card number to buy pizza.
