562-356-9012

I received a call from an unknown number during which the caller gave me this number (562-356-9012) and told me that it was to an attorney named Frank Levin (spelling unknown) who was trying to serve me with papers that came back as 'undeliverable'.  There is no active attorney named Frank Levin listed on the California Bar Association web site, or with any variation of the name.  I have reason to believe this call is related to fraudulent debt collection calls that I received in March.  
This call will be added to a follow-up on complaints that I filed with the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General.

I received the same call, who are these people?

I was called yesterday with same message, turns out an old credit card i had in 2011 was in collections. It was in the statues of limitations, so my attorney researched the company and  advised me to set an arrangement to avoid any further action such as a civil lawsuit. Been working on my credit so i needed to avoid a judgement. They offered a good settlement so i took advantage of it.

Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. These statutes, which apply to both civil and criminal actions, are designed to prevent fraudulent and stale claims from arising after all evidence has been lost or after the facts have become obscure through the passage of time or the defective memory, death, or disappearance of witnesses.

The statute of limitations is a defense that is ordinarily asserted by the defendant to defeat an action brought against him after the appropriate time has elapsed. Therefore, the defendant must plead the defense before the court upon answering the plaintiff's complaint. If the defendant does not do so, he is regarded as having waived the defense and will not be permitted to use it in any subsequent proceedings.

Statutes of limitations are enacted by the legislature, which may either extend or reduce the time limits, subject to certain restrictions. A court cannot extend the time period unless the statute provides such authority. With respect to civil lawsuits, a statute must afford a reasonable period in which an action can be brought. A statute of limitations is unconstitutional if it immediately curtails an existing remedy or provides so little time that it deprives an individual of a reasonable opportunity to start a lawsuit. Depending upon the state statute, the parties themselves may either shorten or extend the prescribed time period by agreement, such as a provision in a contract.

Criminal Actions

A majority of states have a statute of limitations for all crimes except murder. Once the statute has expired, the court lacks jurisdiction to try or punish a defendant.

Criminal statutes of limitations apply to different crimes on the basis of their general classification as either felonies or misdemeanors. Generally, the time limit starts to run on the date the offense was committed, not from the time the crime was discovered or the accused was identified. The running of the statute may be suspended for any period the accused is absent from the state or, in certain states, while any other indictment for the same crime is pending. This suspension occurs so that the state will be able to obtain a new indictment in the event the first one is declared invalid.

Civil Actions

In determining which statute of limitations will control in a civil action, the type of Cause of Action that the claim will be pursued under is critical. States establish different deadlines depending on whether the cause of action involves a contract, personal injury, libel, Fraud, or other claim.

DEBTORS' PRISONS ALIVE AND WELL IN U.S.!
Shock study finds those who can't pay small fines locked up
The ACLU did a study in 2010 revealing the use of debtors prison practices in five states, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia and Washington. That led to a comprehensive study by the ACLU of Ohio, released just this month, on the widespread practice of jailing people for debt.

Thousands of poor Ohioans face the prospect of incarceration, according to the study, even though imprisoning someone for a debt that person can not pay is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, a 1983 United States Supreme Court decision (declaring this practice to be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution), the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio Revised Code and numerous decisions by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Take a journey from Christopher Columbus to the present, in “A Nation Adrift.”

It is legal in Ohio to jail someone for refusing to pay a court fine. But first, a judge must determine the defendant has the means to pay, but refuses to do so.

The ACLU of Ohio says it found “no evidence that any of these people were given hearings to determine whether or not they were financially able to pay their fines, as required by the law.”

In addition, the study points out, defendants may not be jailed for failure to pay court costs or restitution because those debts are civil, not criminal, in nature. Those debts must be recovered through civil debt collection methods, not through criminal sanctions.

The ACLU says courts in towns across Ohio are simply ignoring the requirements and jailing people who can’t pay their debts.

someone name Rayon Stewart may doesn't even exist that I have to settle an account that I had with citi bank. they had all my information God knows how. However, I give them my bank account and they took $500 out of my account. today I fund out from the bank that they have no idea who or what source one management in 8251 La Palma Ave. #426 in Buena Park Ca is. I don't understand how anyone can do what these people do to other and get away with it. I hope one day thy be able to answer to the man upstairs.

Who was the company that called you?  Do you have a name of a person that you dealt with there?  I'm trying to get the address and name of the company so that I can press fraud charges against them.