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Federal Trade Commission and People of the State of New York, by Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of the State of New York, Plaintiffs, v. Campbell Capital LLC, a New York limited liability company, also doing business as United Processing Services; Kahl, Heidenreich, and Nemmer LLC, a New York limited liability company; Urban, Heidenreich, Melendez, and Associates, LLC, a New York limited liability company, also doing business as Capital Assets, Securities, and Holdings Group; J & V Receivables LLC, a New York limited liability company; Rich Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; BCH & Assocates LTD., a New York corporation; and Robert Heidenreich, Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3057
Civil Action Number
1:18-cv-01163-LJV-MJR
Enforcement Type
Federal Injunctions
Federal Court
Western District of New York

Case Summary

In 2018, the FTC and State of New York alleged that Campbell Capital, LLC and its owner, Robert Heidenreich, along with a number of other related companies, collected payments on debts from consumers that exceeded the amounts they allegedly owed. The defendants in the case were able to collect these funds by allegedly using tactics such as threatening that consumers would be arrested or served with legal papers at work if they did not make payments immediately. In some cases, according to the suit filed by the FTC and New York, the collectors pretended to be sheriff’s office employees or process servers when making such threats in phone calls with consumers.

Heidenreich agreed to a settlement with the FTC and New York in February 2020 that permanently banned him from the debt collection industry and required him to turn over funds to be used to provide refunds to affected consumers. In total, $19,826.64 will be sent to consumers, with each receiving a check for $32.88.

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