Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Monday, November 15, that Synchrony Bank will pay $3.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the company made frequent or harassing phone calls to debtors in California.
“Repeated phone calls from debt collectors intended to annoy, abuse or harass consumers is illegal and wrong,” said Gascón.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office reported that under a judgment negotiated with the Utah-headquartered company, entered on November 9 in the Los Angeles Superior Court and signed by Judge Rupert A. Byrdsong, Synchrony was ordered to pay a total of $3.5 million.
