Judge orders Mass. company accused in debt collection scam to halt operations

Judge orders Mass. company accused in debt collection scam to halt operations

A Franklin debt buying company was ordered to stop collecting money on Tuesday amid a lawsuit accusing it of scamming Massachusetts residents. Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit alleging that Assessment Resolution and its owners, Paul and Richard Santorsola, operate a “phantom” debt collection company called East Coast Financial, state prosecutors said in a press release. The suit accuses the companie…