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COUr� f CoII � Il Pleas For Prothonotary Use Only: I I M 1� ti "I 4.1.11'
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S Commencement of Action:
E [N Complaint ❑ Writ of Summons ❑ Petition
❑ Transfer from Another Jurisdiction ❑ Declaration of Taking
C Lead Plaintiffs Name: Lead Defendant's Name:
T PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC HEATHER JANKO
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O Are money damages requested? ® Yes ❑ No Dollar Amount Requested: X within arbitration limits
N (Check one) outside arbitration limits
A Is this a ClassAction Suit? ❑ Yes ® No Is this an MDJAppeal? []Yes ®No
Name of Plaintiff /Appellant's Attorney: Robert N. Polas, Jr./ Carrie Brown/ Mark R. Garvey
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Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259
'Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire PA Bar # 312686 C-
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC � :.
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TELE: 1- 866 - 428 -8102 p
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FAX: (757) 518 -0860 c COdl
Attorneys for Plaintiff P YL VA 1 Q d
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 CORPORATE BLVD No. I y ?O'
NORFOLK, VA 23502 �J
Plaintiff,
V.
HEATHERJANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Defendant.
NOTICE
You have been sued in Court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages,
you must take action withing twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a
written appearance, personally or by an attorney, and filing in writing with the Court your defenses or
objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so, the case may
proceed Without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice of
any money claimed or any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or
property rights important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
LAWYER, OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH
BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET HELP. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO
ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
Lawyer Referral Service - CUMBERLAND County Bar Association
Cumberland County Bar Association
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 249 -3166 S'
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This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259
Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire PA Bar # 312686
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23502
TELE: 1- 866 - 428 -8102
FAX: (757) 518 -0860
Attorneys for Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 CORPORATE BLVD
NORFOLK, VA 23502
Demandante, No.
V. :
HEATHER JANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Demandado.
NOTICIA
USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO/ A EN LA CORTE. Si usted desea defender conta la demanda puestas
en las siguientes paginas, usted tienen que tomar accion dentro veinte (20) dias despues que esta Demanda
y Aviso es servido, con entrando por escrito una aparencia personalmente o por un abogado y archivando
por escrito con la Corte sus defensas o obejciones a las demandas puestas en esta contra usted. Usted es
advertido que si falla de hacerlo el caso puede proceder sin usted y un juzgamiento puede ser entrado conta
usted por la Corte sin mas aviso por cualquier dinero reclamdo en la Demanda o por cualquier otro reclamo
o alivio solicitado por Demandante. Usted puede perder dinero o propiedad o otros derechos importante para
usted.
USTED DEBE LLEVAR ESTE PAPEL A SU ABOGADO ENSGUIDA. SI USTED NO TIENE UN
ABOGADO, VAYA O LAMME POR TELEFONO LA OFICINA FIJADA AQUI ABAJO. ESTA OFICINA
PUEDE PROVEERE CON INFORMACION DE COMO CONSEGUIR UN ABOGADO.
SI USED NO PUEDE PAGARLE A UN ABOGADO, ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROVEERE
INFORMACION ACERCA AGENCIAS. QUE PEUDAN OFRECER SERVICIOS LEGAL A PERSONAS
ELGIBLE UN HONORARIO REDUCIDO O GRATIS.
Lawyer Referral Service - CUMBERLAND County Bar Association
Cumberland County Bar Association
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 249 -3166
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Esta coinu:nicacion es de un cobrador de deudas y es Lun ilitent do cobras una deuda.
Cualquier infrornacion sera utilizada para ese proposito.
Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259
Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire PA Bar # 312686
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23502
TELE: 1- 866 - 428 -8102
FAX: (757) 518 -0860
Attorneys for Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 CORPORATE BLVD
NORFOLK, VA 23502
Plaintiff, No.
V.
HEATHER JANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Defendant.
COMPLAINT
1. Plaintiff, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC is a Delaware Limited Liability Company with
offices located at 120 Corporate Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23502.
2. Defendant, HEATHER JANKO, is an adult individual with last known address of 32 CENTER ST
LOT 30, MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065.
3. It is averred that Defendant was indebted to GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK / AMERICAN
EAGLE OUTFITTERS on April 7, 2005 with account number * * * * * * * * * ** *5839 (hereafter
referred to as "Account "). A copy of the account history is attached here to and collectively
marked as Exhibit "A."
4. By using the Account, Defendant agreed to repay any incurred balances and/or charges made to
the Account pursuant to the terms and conditions governing said Account. Failure to pay
Defendant's incurred charges on the Account is considered a default.
This comITIwaication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any i..n:fomiation obtained will be used :for that puilpose.
5. At all relevant times material hereto, Defendant has used said Account for the purchase of
products, goods and/or for obtaining services.
6. Defendant was provided with copies of the Statements of Account showing all debits and credits
for transactions on the aforementioned Account to which there was no bonafide objection by
Defendant.
7. Defendant was in default with respect to that debt for failure to make the required payments on the
Account. The last payment made on this Account was on November 15, 2011.
8. Plaintiff is the purchaser, assignee and/or successor in interest GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK /
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS and Plaintiff is now the holder of the Account. A true and
correct copy of the Plaintiffs verification is attached hereto and collectively marked as Exhibit
"
9. As of the date within Complaint, the remaining balance due, owing and unpaid on Defendant's
Account, as a result of Defendant and /or any authorized user's use of said Account is in the sum of
$870.22.
10. Despite reasonable and repeated demands for payment. Defendant has refused and continues to
refuse to pay all sums due and owing on the aforementioned Account, all to the damage and
detriment of the Plaintiff.
11. The amount in controversy is within the jurisdictional amount requiring compulsory arbitration.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable court enter Judgment in favor of
Plaintiff and against Defendant, HEATHER JANKO , in the amount of $870.22, plus costs of this action
and any other relief as the Court deems just and reasonable.
Carrie A. Brown, Esquire, # 94055
Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire, # 201259
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire, # 312686
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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17his communication is from a dent collector and i.s an. attempt to collect a cleft.
Any inlformatiob obtained will be used for that, purlaose.
VERIFICATION
The undersigned Custodian of Records for Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC,
Yvette M Stephen hereby states that he /she is authorized to take this verification on behalf of
said Plaintiff in the within action and verifies that the statements made in the foregoing Complaint are
true and correct to the best of his /her knowledge, information, and belief, based upon information
provided by the Plaintiff.
The undersigned understands that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18
Pa. C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
Date: JUL 3 O 2013 By: ' "
Yvette M. Stephen
Custodian of Records
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This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
XHIBIT A
This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23502
Telephone: 1- 866 - 428 -8102
i Fax: (757) 518 -0860
Statement of Account
Account: * * * * * * * * * ** *5839
HEATHER JANKO
Account Holder:
HEATHER JANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Consumer Account Product Code: PVT
Issuer: GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK / AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS
Assignee: Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
Account Number: * * * * * * * * * ** *5839
Date Account Opened: April 7, 2005
Date of Last Payment: November 15, 2011
Date of Charge Off: December 16, 2011
Balance at Purchase: $870.22
Purchase Date: January 31, 2012
Balance at Charge -Off: $870.22
Less Payments: $.00
Balance Due: $870.22
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This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
AFFIDAVIT
State of Virginia
City of Norfolk ss.
I, the undersigned Yvette M. Stephen , Custodian of Records, for Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC hereby
depose, affirm and state as follows:
1. I am competent to testify to the matters contained herein.
2. 1 am an authorized employee of Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, ( "Account Assignee ") which is doing
business at Riverside Commerce Center, 120 Corporate Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23502. 1 am familiar with the policies and
practices, as well as the books and records of Account Assignee with respect to the matters stated herein. This affidavit
is based upon my personal knowledge of Account Assignee's record keeping system and my review of Account
Assignee's records, including a review of the business records transferred to Account Assignee from GE CAPITAL
RETAIL BANK / AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS ( "Account Seller "), which have become a part of and have
integrated into Account Assignee's business records, in the ordinary course of business.
3. According to the business records, which are maintained in the ordinary course of business, the account, and all
proceeds of the account are now owned by the Account Assignee, all of the Account Seller's interest in such account
having been sold, assigned and transferred by the Account Seller on January 31, 2012. Further, the Account Assignee
has been assigned all of the Account Seller's power and authority to do and perform all acts necessary for the settlement,
satisfaction, compromise, collection or adjustment of said account, and the Account Seller has retained no further interest
in said account or the proceeds thereof, for any purpose whatsoever.
4. According to the records transferred to the Account Assignee from Account Seller, and maintained in the
ordinary course of business by the Account Assignee, there was due and payable from HEATHER JANKO ( "Debtor ") to
the Account Seller the sum of $870.22 with the respect to account number ending in * * * * * * * * * ** *5839, as of
December 16, 2011 with there being no known un- credited payments, counterclaims or offsets against the said debt as of
the date of the sale.
5. According to the records of said Account Assignee, after all known payments, counterclaims, and/or setoffs
occurring subsequent to the date of sale, Account Assignee claims the sum of $870.22 as due and owing as of the date of
this affidavit.
6. Plaintiff believes that the defendant is not a minor or an incompetent individual, and declares that the Defendant
is not on active military service of the United States.
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
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By: v vefte M StV , Custodian of Records
JUL 30 2013
scribed and sworn o efore in n of , 2013
•,, _ vo� rl C. Uzzle
(� Vlornrnonwesith of Virginia
Notary Public Tm
Notary Public
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My Commission Expires 1/31/2017
This cornuxrrmication is from a debt collector and is an afttetnpt to collect a cleft.
Any infiar nation obtained will be used for that purpose.
330 GE MOKY t 8 p.m. 01 -30 -2012 3112
GBQ751
GB Money Bank
BILL of SALE
PRA Fresh — January 2012
For value received and in further consideration of the mutual covenants and
conditions set forth in the Forward Flow Receivables Purchase Agreement (the
"Agreement "), dated as of the 2& day of December, 2011, by and between General
Electric Capital Corporation, GB Capital Retail Bank, GEMB Lending, Inc., Monogram
Credit Services, L.L.C., RFS Holding, L.L.C., and GEM Holding, L.L.0 (collectively
"Seller") and Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. ( "Buyer"), Seller hereby transfers,
sells, conveys, grants, and delivers to Buyer, its successors and assigns, without recourse
except as set forth in the Agreement, to the extent of its ownership, the Receivables as set
forth in the Notification Files (as defined in the Agreement), delivered by Seller to Buyer
on each Transfer Date, and as further described in the Agreement.
GE Capital Retail Bank
By:
Title:
General Electric Capital Corporation
By: w
Title:
GEMS Lending, Inc.
By:
Title:
Monogram Credit Services, L.L.C.
By:
Title:
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0 GE Money Bank
BILL o1SALE
For value received and In Aulber consideration of the mutual covenants and
conditions set forth to the'POPward Flow Receivables Purchase Agreement (the
"Agmerneht'), dated as of the 20 day of December, 2011 by and between General
Electric Capital Corporation, GE Capital EtAtall-Bwk, GBMB bending, Inc., Monogram
Credit Services, L.L.C., RFS Holding, L.L.C., and OEM Holding, I;,.L.0 (collectively
"Scilej and Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. ("Buyer '), Seller hfAvby transfem,
sells, conveys, grants, and delivers to Buyer, its successors and assigns, without recourse
except as set forth in the Agreement, to the extent of its ownetlp. the Receivables as set
forth in the Notification Files (as dofsned in the Agreement), delive+ed by Seller to Buyer
on each Tmsfar Hate, and as fitrtber described in the Agreement.
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GL's Capital Retail Bank
Title: _
General Electric Capital Corporation
By= - -
Title:
GEMB Lending, Inc,
By:
1 tle: -- V\J(A R1 gstlh
Monol ram Credit Services, L.L.C.
By:
Title: to^")
SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Ronny R Anderson
Sheriff
Jody S Smith
Chief Deputy ' '
Richard W Stewart `
Solicitor Or CE Or TI-E V'MF"-
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC Case Number
vs. 2013-4801
Heather Janko
SHERIFF'S RETURN OF SERVICE
08/13/2013 Ronny R Anderson, Sheriff, being duly sworn according to law, states he made diligent search and inquiry
for the within named Defendant to wit: Heather Janko, but was unable to locate the Defendant in his
bailiwick. The Sheriff therefore returns the within requested Complaint& Notice as"Not Found" at 32
Center Street, Lot 30, Mt. Holly Borough, Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065. Per current resident Judy Wagner,
current resident, defendant never lived at this address. Defendant called into the office and provided her
address as 25360-1 Virginia Smith Drive, Calcium, New York, 13616.
SHERIFF COST: $35.91 SO ANSWERS,
August 14, 2013 RbNIV R ANDERSON, SHERIFF
(c)CountySui!e Sheriff,Tel=_oso?t!nc.
Carrie A. Brown, Esquire
Robert N. Polas Jr, Esquire
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire
Attorney ID # 94055/201259/.312686 :;'- � i'L hi- }; ,
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 CORPORATE BLVD
NORFOLK, VA 23502
Plaintiff No. 13-4801-CIVIL
v.
HEATHER JANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Defendant
PRAECIPE TO DISCONTINUE
To the Prothonotary:
Please mark the above-entitled case as discontinued without prejudice.
Resp tf 1 Submitted,
Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar# 201259
Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar# 94055
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire PA Bar# 312686
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA. 23502
TELE: 1-866-428-8102
FAX: (757) 518-0860
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
'-Carrie A. Brown, Esquire
Robert N. Polas Jr, Esquire
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire
Attorney ID# 94055/201259/312686
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23502
Attorneys for Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
CIVIL ACTION-LAW
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
120 CORPORATE BLVD :
NORFOLK,VA 23502
Plaintiff No. 13-4801-CIVIL
V.
HEATHER JANKO
32 CENTER ST LOT 30
MOUNT HOLLY SPRING PA 17065
Defendant
CER'TIFIC'ATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned does hereby certify that I served a copy of the foregoing Praecipe to Discontinue
y
upon HEATHER JANKO, by First Class Mail, Postage Pre-Paid, a cop thereof on this/o� day of
20Ato:
HEATHER JANKO, 32 CENTER ST LOT 30, MOB OLLY SPRING 1 065
13-59732 obert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar#201259
Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar# 94055
Mark R. Garvey, Esquire PA Bar# 312686
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
120 Corporate Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23502
TELE: 1-866-428-8102
FAX: (75 7) 518-0860
Attorneys for Plaintiff
This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.