What can I do?

Welcome! If you can give us a little more info about who you are talking about,we can help. Is this a payday loan or credit card? They cannot have you arrested, and threatening to do so is a violation. Keep copies of all paid items, and correspondence.Good Luck-keep us posted..Karen

The SOL is renewed with every payment done on your account.

Make sure that the money paid by your relative is posted towards your account by the company you are dealing with.

File complaints with your attorney general, the BBB, and maybe even the FTC. If this was a collection agency, they violated the fdcpa by giving 3rd party disclosure (provided you did not give permission for them to call her), and making threats they cannot follow through with. It may be possible for you to sue them...naca.net would be a good place to start looking for an attorney.

Morningstar is right. They disclosed to a third party whiich is a violation. What they did comes pretty close to fraud in my opinion as well.

In fact they did knowingly conspire to defraud (ie, defraud
v. to use deceit, falsehoods or trickery to obtain money, an object, rights or anything of value belonging to another. -- according to law dictionaries).

Maybe texaslawyer or cajunbulldog can answer this - why haven't CAs such as this one been charged with violations of RICCO statutes? They operate like oraganized crime (only difference is the Mafia is smarter).

I recall someone here posting that a collector was convicted of extortion for doing the same or a very similar thing.

I would consider going to the police to file a criminal complaint for extortion.After that I would contact the credit card issuer to dispute the fraudulant charges. Just a note here,sol is not reset by payment always.Please look to your state statutes for specific information on this.