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richardm
My question involves criminal law for the state of: New York
A law firm from Florida sent me a letter demanding I pay $475 or else they will take civil action against me, but the thing is, they have been sending me letters for 5 months now and they haven't even sued me civilly or damaged my credit report (my lawyer and I check my credit report at least once every week since the retail theft and nothing has ever happened to it). Their law firm hasn't even had its name or any of its history of civil law suits here in the entire New York.
Here is how it went:
1. They send me a civil demand letter demanding $200 in 30 days (which I didn't receive until one day AFTER the due date, strange.....)
2. They send me another letter demanding $475 in 10 days
3. They send me a third letter demanding $475 in 10 days or they will "definitely" sue
4. They send me a fourth letter demanding the same $475
(Literally 10 letters later..)
They just suddenly stopped.
I haven't received a letter in a month and a half so I'm just wondering what the heck is happening? My lawyer told me that their law firm was notorious for sending these demand letters and that they will not sue me. He also told me that if they were to affect my credit score they would have to sue me civilly and win in court, and if they ever did he would take aggressive action against it. My lawyer did tell me that the state statues allow for restitution payments back but it isn't necessary in this case where I stole $4 in items /edit (call me an idiot I know.)
Any thoughts?