Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

Information 411

To whom it may concern:

I paid a collection agency money

whom I feel I did not owe. I was

informed to contact the creditor's

trustee for example, ''Global Rated

Eligible Asset Trust'' , because the

original creditor went bankrupt and

the money I paid was sent to that

particular creditor. Recently, I

recieved a letter in the mail from a

bank by which they sold this

''account'' to the collection agency

after neglect of payment. The letter

stated that I must contact the

collection agency regarding this

payment. My question is who should

I contact, the ''bank''? if in fact all

monies paid were forwarded to the

bankrupt creditor or the ''collection

agency''? Incidentally, the bank I

recieved the letter from was not the

original bank of this so called credit

card I was supposed to have used,

maybe the old bank was bought by

this one. But I would like to be

certain that if they were bought then

the new bank would have collected

the money paid from the collection

agency. I could use some advice.

Thank you.


Asked on 10/19/07, 10:19 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Roger Traversa Arjont Group (Law Office of Roger Traversa)

Re: Information 411

You asked about a collections matter.

Unfortunately you probably will never see your money again. When you paid into a bankrupt matter you became a creditor like anyone else and must get in line.

If your debt was stale when paid then your payment restarted the clock and made the debt fresh and therefore valid.

Unless the amount was unusually large then you need to strike this matter up as a lesson learned.

Regards,

Roger

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Answered on 10/19/07, 11:49 am


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