Feb. 23 Scheduling Conference Set in Debt Collection Suit vs. T-Mobile

U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles set a Feb. 23 scheduling conference on the Oct. 27 complaint alleging T-Mobile violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, said an order signed Tuesday (docket 2:22-cv-07831) by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong. Plaintiff Jose Alarcon alleges that T-Mobile, despite knowing that Alarcon was the victim of identity theft and that he did not authorize or consent to the opening of the T-Mobile account on which nearly $4,300 was past due, continued collection efforts and refused to properly, reasonably and in good faith investigate Alarcon’s dispute. T-Mobile denied last week that Alarcon is entitled to relief or damages (see 2211040006).