An Oregon man was sued over debt he didn’t owe. The judge dismissed the case and ordered the debt collector pay $19K

LVNV Funding filed more than 2,700 debt collection and debt buyer lawsuits in Oregon last year.

PORTLAND, Oregon — Michael Burns had never heard of a company called LVNV Funding, but after weeks of stress and a legal runaround, the Hillsboro man has become all too familiar with the debt collector.

“They decided I was the bad person, so they came after me,” Burns said.

The trouble started back in September when LVNV Funding filed a lawsuit against Burns in Multnomah County. The debt collection company claimed he owed $1,096 to Credit One Bank, a company Burns argues he’s never done business with. The

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