Consumer complaint received 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Collected or attempted to collect exempt funds
Company: ORG GC GP BUYER, LLC
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
Letter sent to GS Services and the XXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX. 

" To the State of Michigan Treasury, My name is xxx I am writing to you to 1 ) express my deep concern and disappointment with the corrupt and abusive way the contractor G C Services conducts business in your name.

I am also writing this letter to XXXX ) request your help correcting these actions as soon as possible. 

XXXX ) Case background and interaction history. 

I first contacted your department in XX/XX/XXXX. At that time, I asked that the {$400.00} refund for XXXX be released to me instead of being applied towards my XXXX tax payment as I had been unemployed for XXXX month and had yet to receive unemployment benefits. In XXXX and XXXX, I was out of work for 6 months, due to XXXX XXXX 

I have never heard back, but the {$400.00} refund was kept by the state. 

A month later, I contacted the department again to address the remaining taxes owed and explore solutions for a deferred payment due to financial hardship. And that is when things really started going awry. 
I was asked to submit a litany of documents, but not the XXXX form ( which was mentioned to me only in XXXX of this year ). 

I submitted these documents several times and have multiple proofs of mailing and receipts. 

Constantly, for several months, I was told that I need to resubmit this or that document or that none of the documents were ever received. 

In XXXX I sent a batch of all documents sent and the XXXX proof of mailing and receipt. I was told that this suffices, and the case is under control. 

I did not receive any other mail/phone calls/voicemails ( the GC Services agents might say otherwise, but I have my phone records to prove otherwise ). 

On XX/XX/XXXX, {$820.00} was illegally taken out of my account by GC Services. I immediately called and was told that the money was levied, and a lien placed on my account. 

I called again several times and finally realized that I was talking not with my States Department of Treasury, but with a problematic, Texas- based contractor that had been sued repeatedly for its abusive practices and having its victims social security numbers leaked. 
XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX/ To further substantiate the abusive and corrupt ways this company works in the name of the State of Michigan Treasury, please see attached documents . 


Exhibit A ( XXXX pages, letter, envelope, bank statement ) : Notice of State Lien dated XX/XX/XXXX Mailed 18 days later on XX/XX/XXXX Letter received on XX/XX/XXXX. 
XXXX was placed on my bank account 9 days prior to mailing the letter, on XX/XX/XXXX! 

Exhibit B ( XXXX page ) Email sent on XX/XX/XXXX to XXXX, XXXX, XXXX ) The email contains the message and attachments sent to XXXX a month earlier, on XX/XX/XXXX, which she claims she never received ). 

Exhibit C ( XXXX pages ) Final Demand to Avoid Enforcement Action letter, dated XX/XX/XXXX Received on XX/XX/XXXX ( this letter is a non sequitur to all previous conversations, emails, and phone calls ) After my XX/XX/XXXX email, I received a call from XXXX on the XXXX of XXXX. We discussed the following : XXXX of the illegally placed levy. 
Abusive GC Services collection practices. 
My account being placed on non-collectible status. 
The Final Demand to Avoid Enforcement Action from GC Services as non- applicable. 
I asked about a good will removing of the lien on my social security account. 

Based on my XXXX interaction with GC Services I state that this contractor has constantly and intentionally violated my rights as a taxpayer.

There was absolutely no due process during this drawn-out interaction.

GS Services claims that they did not receive the requested documents are easily refuted ( see exhibits above, more are available ).

As a modus operandi, the company sends the taxpayer in a never-ending quest to
prove financial hardship in a clear attempt to wear him/her down. From denying receipt of required documents to leaving a conversation mid-point ( recording available ), GS Services lives up to its ill-repute. 

As of today, XX/XX/XXXX, my understanding is that my account is in non-collectible status due to long-term unemployment ( 16 months ) and financial hardship. 


XXXX ) Corrections to this situation. 

Prompt return of the illegally placed levy ( {$820.00} ) withdrawn from my bank account on XX/XX/XXXX ( Exhibit D ). Please note that, in my conversation with XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX, a lower amount was mentioned. The correct amount is {$820.00}. 

There are two reasons for this request.

The levy is illegal as per no due process for its installation.

The second is an appeal to your fairness and humanity.

When my unemployment benefits did not come through ( a situation I am working with my House representative to address ), I used my savings and my credit cards to make ends meet. My mother helped as much as she could, including sending me her funeral funds. 

The money levied, and several other small international wire transfers, came from my XXXX old mother in XXXX ( XXXX see the letter she wrote in XXXX and my translation, Exhibit XXXX ). 

Good will removal of the lien on my account ( per my research, such XXXX is placed for amounts over {$10000.00}, which is not the case here ). Also, if a XXXX is the measure taken by the state when a taxpayer fails to make contact, act in good faith, refuse to pay said taxes, this is also not the case here. 
The application of the XXXX refund {$400.00} towards an offer in compromise for the remaining tax debt. I am still XXXX  and as of now, have XXXX income. 
The full refund of the {$1700.00}, XXXX tax refund, upon filing later this month. 
A face to face conversation with a real State of Michigan treasury department to discuss how this situation can be corrected not just for myself, but for many others in this situation.

A reconsideration by the State of Michigan Treasury of renewing its contract with GC Services. 

Thank you for your time and I look forward to working with you resolving this case. 


Sincerely, XXXX  '' P.S. This letter and supporting documents will be sent by mail to XXXX, with delivery confirmation. Also, it will be emailed today, XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation