My mother was the victim of identity theft 3 years ago. We leave in Hayward CA and someone opened a CITIBANK card and charged a Gateway computer in Brooklyn NY and had it delivered to them. She discovered this when she was trying to rent a new senior housing apartment and they pulled her credit report.
She was instructed to file a police report in Hayward and they sent a copy of the report to Brooklyn, NY and it was removed from her credit report. We discovered this past Saturday while doing a routing check on her bank accounts that an account that she has jointly with me has been frozen by Eltman Eltman & Cooper representing Erin Capital Management company.
The bank gave us the information that on the judgement that they had received and my mom called Eltman Eltman & Cooper and got LARRY SODODY. He was sarcastic, rude and harrassed my mother. He told her that she needed to pay for this computer $3,100. My mom tried to explain to him that he had the wrong person. She faxed him all of the documentation on the identity theft and he said it didn't matter Erin Capital Management wanted their money or he would take the money from her bank accounts.
I called Mr. Sodody regarding the harrassment of my mother and proceeded to tell me that he had not harrassed her and he was sorry if she misunderstood "THERE WAS NO MISUNDERSTANDING". He asked me to send additional information so that payment arrangements could be made. He totally ignored that fact that this is mistaken identity. My mom sent him some very confidential information out of fear of not being able to access her funds to pay rent, insurance ect. And I'm afraid that they are the crooks and will use the information to do further damage to my mother's records. For all I know they bought the computer and stole my mother SS#.
If anyone is considering a class action suit, please let me know. This madness must not continue. According to California Law when there is a judgement placed on your account, the amount automatically double so they have frozen amounts that my mother doesn't even have and the bank is charging fees.
Now Larry Sodody is contacting me telling that I should not be naming him in a suit HA!!
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