FIA Card Services Hiring a collection firm that engages in illegal collection practices and procedures. Charlotte North Carolina

FIA Card Services has retained the legal action of a company that applies the act of illegal collections procedures. From the dates of February 14-20, I was travelling abroad in Canada for business purposes. On the 16th of February a notice of seizure of assets arrived at my residence for an unpaid debt of 8 years. The initial proceedings were initiated on January 29, 2015. The notice was dated on the 12th of February. My financial assets in my TD Bank account were seized on the 17th.

Not being present at my residence in NJ during this time, I had no opportunity to respond. I received no notifications or warnings via phone call to be able to assess and remedy this situation. My only notification was personal when I logged into my bank online and noticed that $2,922.07 had been seized and placed on a hold from a court order signed and dated by the pen of Judge Joseph E. Kane which was then transferred to a Mr. Andrew R. Allegretto whom initiated the seizure.

After learning all of the basic facts of how this incident and seizure came to be, aside from contacting a strong corporate attorney, a decided to embark on a little research of my own. Upon my investigation I have learned that Hayt, Hayt & Landau are not an actual legit law firm but instead a debt collector. I have also learned that with the BBB and other institutions that this debt collector has numerous amounts of complaints against them for extremely unorthodox and even illegal business practices.

Further into my investigation I discovered that this debt collector is very well connected with many judges in the tristate area and have a known reputation of obtaining illegal "fast-track" court orders to seize one's assets in a very immediate fashion, far beyond the fair practices and consumer laws allowing the accused of debt to respond within 30 days of the notice or summons. In preparation of legal counsel that I will be assisted with in this case I thought that it was best to report this incident as it is in dire need of attention and investigation by the BBB, as it seems that this supposed law firm has been getting away with illegal litigation for a number of years now.