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State Bar of Georgia UPL Counsel Steve Kaczkowski Provides Testimony

September 21, 2016
Contact: Sarah I. Coole or sarahc@gabar.org

Atlanta - State Bar of Georgia UPL Counsel Steve Kaczkowski recently provided testimony during the five-day jury trial of John Todd Williams, owner of a Georgia debt collection company, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On July 12, 2016, a unanimous jury convicted Williams for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a nationwide debt collection scheme that defrauded more than 6,000 victims throughout the United States out of millions of dollars.

According to the Department of Justice, Williams owned and operated a debt collection company based in Norcross, Ga., called Williams, Scott & Associates, also known as Warrant Services Association or WSA. Among other false statements, WSA employees also claimed that WSA was a law firm or otherwise worked with lawyers, and that they would have the victims' driver's licenses suspended if those victims did not make payment to WSA.

Williams will be sentenced on Oct. 28, 2016. The full press release issued by the Department of Justice may be found here.

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