Three debt collectors ordered to stop business in ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota’s attorney general has ordered three unlicensed debt collectors to stop doing business in the state.

Wayne Stenejem says the out-of-state companies violated North Dakota’s consumer fraud and debt collection laws by making harassing calls and false statements and using deceptive practices and threats.

Cease-and-desist orders were issued against California-based IKS & Associates and its owner Karriem Madison, doing business under the fictitious business name Bradford Stevens & Associates, and New York-based Portfolio Recovery Management Inc. and its owner Jason Jakubec, doing business under the fictitious business name Karl Frankovitch law firm.

The order was also given to Georgia-based Global Management Acquisition Firmand its officer Walter Hargrove.

Stenehjem says all three have ignored communications from the state’s Consumer Protection Division.