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Partnership Acquisitions; 10 State Street; Reno, NV 89501-2232
February 7, 2018
NOW COMES the Superintendent, State of Maine, Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, and issues the following Order to Cease and Desist and For Affirmative Sanctions for costs of investigation: WHEREAS Title 32 M.R.S. ? 11031(1) provides that a person or entity may not conduct the business of debt collection in this state without first being licensed by the Superintendent of the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection; and WHEREAS on January 5, 2018, the Bureau received a written complaint from S. A., a Maine consumer, regarding contact from a debt collector using the name of Partnership Acquisitions, purportedly located at 10 State Street, Reno, Nevada 89501-2232; and WHEREAS the consumer received telephone calls in December of 2017 from Partnership Acquisitions stating that they were attempting to collect a debt from her; and WHEREAS the consumer explained to ?Timothy Gadish?, a representative of Partnership Acquisitions, that she was in possession of proof that the debt in question was paid in full; and WHEREAS the consumer alleges that in subsequent calls to her home Mr. Gadish informed her children that he was going to take their parents away; and WHEREAS Bureau staff searched the Bureau?s debt collection licensing records and found no license for Partnership Acquisitions; and WHEREAS Bureau staff sent a certified letter (copy attached) to Partnership Acquisitions at 10 State Street, Reno, Nevada 89501-2232; and WHEREAS the certified letter outlined the consumer?s allegations involving the telephone communication received by the consumer from Partnership Acquisitions; and WHEREAS the letter also outlined Partnership Acquisitions? failure to obtain a valid license with the Bureau prior to attempting to collect consumer debts in Maine; and WHEREAS the certified letter from the Bureau was returned to the Bureau with the post office notation ?Refused?; and WHEREAS Partnership Acquisitions (as a result of the refusal) failed to respond to the Bureau?s certified letter; NOW, THEREFORE, Partnership Acquisitions is hereby: ORDERED to forthwith cease and desist all contact with Maine consumers for the purpose of collecting any debts until such time as it has obtained a debt collector?s license from the Bureau; and it is further ORDERED to pay the sum of $500 to the Bureau within 30 days of the date of this Order for the costs of this investigation, pursuant to 9-A M.R.S ? 6-106(6) and 32 M.R.S. ? 11051.
| Date: February 7, 2018/td> | /s/William N. Lund |
| William N. Lund | |
| Superintendent | |
| Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection |
NOTICE OF APPEAL RIGHTS Any party aggrieved by this Order may appeal to the Superior Court pursuant to 5 M.R.S. ? 11001 et seq. within 30 days of receipt of this Order. Any other person aggrieved shall have 40 days from the date the Order was rendered to petition for review.
| Date: February 7, 2018/td> | /s/William N. Lund |
| William N. Lund | |
| Superintendent | |
| Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection |