Debt Relief Firm Unlawfully Calls Numbers on DNC Registry: Class Action

Sydney Lim’s phone number has continuously been listed on the national do not call registry since May 2017, yet she received at least two dozen prerecorded telemarketing calls from Amity Debt Relief or its agents between Jan. 4 and Feb.14, alleged her Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-04778) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Camden. The calls were to promote Amity’s offer of an “economic impact relief loan,” a type of debt consolidation loan designed to help people reduce high-interest debt, said the complaint. The New Jersey resident phoned Amity Feb. 10 and spoke with a live agent, requesting that she be removed from Amity’s call lists, it said. The agent confirmed that removal, yet she continued receiving the calls, it said. Lim seeks injunctive relief and treble damages because he alleges the TCPA violations were "negligent, willful, or knowing."