NY: Debt collector used sex threats & harassment

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to shut down a debt-collection agency he says uses sexual threats and impersonates police.
   
Cuomo is suing several companies operated under the Benning-Smith Group. Cuomo said Tuesday they are violating state and federal laws.
   
He says one collector repeated the name of a consumer’s daughter and described sexual attacks he would commit against her unless the debt was paid.
   
He says other collectors called consumers drunks, deadbeats and in one case a low-life piece of trash.
   
Cuomo says complaints have surfaced in New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
   
The operators didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment left at one of companies.