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Greenberg, Grant & Richards Harassment

Michael Agruss

Written and Reviewed by Michael Agruss

  • Managing Partner and Personal Injury Lawyer at Mike Agruss Law.
  • Over 20 years of experience in Personal Injury.
  • Over 8000+ consumer rights cases settled.
  • Graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law: Juris Doctor, 2004.

Are you being harassed by Greenberg, Grant & Richards over a debt? You can stop the harassment now and get money damages. It does not matter if you owe the debt; you are protected by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

The FDCPA has protected consumers since 1977. This federal law protects you from unfair or abusive debt collection practices through clear rules about what debt collectors may and may not do while collecting a debt, as well as things they must do under law.

Greenberg, Grant & Richards (GGR) is an international debt collection agency based in Houston, Texas. GGR employs more than 100 professionals, including commercial collection agents, private investigators, and collection attorneys across the United States.

Greenberg, Grant & Richards offers several services to its clients, including fast-track collections which utilizes private investigators to conduct asset and liability investigations; U.C.C. filings, legal counsel, credit and background reports, and employment screening.

Greenberg, Grant & Richards has been accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 2012 with a B rating and 25 complaints filed in the last three years. According to Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), Greenberg, Grant & Richards has been sued once in 2011.

Phone numbers associated with Greenberg, Grant & Richards:
800-713-4565, 713-974-8301, 800-497-5332, 713-789-5893, 512-524-7409, 888-708-4000, 713-974-8338, 800-994-0265, 305-364-2361, 404-466-2660, 800-747-7751, 813-579-3161

Mike Agruss Law, has helped thousands of consumers stop debt collection harassment. We would like to help you, too. Under the law, we can get the collector to stop harassing you, and get you money damages. Plus, the collector will be responsible for our attorney’s fees and costs. You won’t owe us a dime for our services. Contact us today. We look forward to speaking with you.

Submitted Comments

Taunja Y Thomas
9 years ago
Please have someone contact me
Taunja Y Thomas
9 years ago
Please have your legal team contact me Thank you
Karissa
6 years ago
I have been receiving threatening calls and voicemails that these people are coming to my house to do an asset inspection by an investigator. When I call the number back it doesn't work. I googled the number and harassment was all over the 1st page with similar stories. Please call me. They are harassing me and I don't even know what they are calling about. I left a message on another number but no one called me back. They claim there is a case number. Call me. Thanks! - Karissa!
Mike
5 years ago
I just received a phone call listed as Unknown, they left me a message. When I checked the message, I was from some guy who said he was an investigator for Greenberg, Grant and Richards and that he was asked by Richard Kidd to conduct an asset and liability investigation on a business we have had to close and on me personally. He said he intended to be at the location of the business which was a building we leased and there is nothing there that belongs to us anymore. Then he said he was to go to our corporate headquarters to investigate. The address he gave was our personal address. We do not have a corporate headquarters. We are not incorporated and there is no business anymore. He said he would then need to take another day to investigate all assets and products. We don't own any! The equipment we had belongs to the bank! We own nothing anymore. He sounded nice enough but we had no idea who would have put this guy onto us. I called my wife at home and told her what was going on and she called the number she found online for Ggr. She talked to Richard Kidd and found out that it was TXU (an electric company) that had supposedly contacted them to investigate. We do owe TXU some money but we are having to file bankruptcy. She gave Richard Kidd the name of our bankruptcy lawyer and the number. Do I have legal right to stop him from coming into our home to look around? We have never even been notified that we were going into collections over the TXU bill. We just suddenly get this call from an investigator! I have read these people are not very nice to folk. I just want to stop him before he gets started! Advice would be good. We have had our bank account frozen by the state for tax collection and we are trying to get that worked out. We have nothing. Our children have had to pay our bills and buy us food to get by while the tax lawyer tries to get our account unfrozen so we can pay bills when they come due next time! I'm just looking for advice I guess. My name is Mike. We had opened a restaurant last April to try to supplement the fact that I am nearing retirement. My retirement is not going to be big enough to take care of us. I'm only 61 but when I am eligible, the state takes away half of my social security because I am a teacher. We needed something to keep from being a burden on our children so we opened the restaurant. We made a mistake and leased a building from a guy who lied to us and cheated us. We had to close because he literally broke us. This is why we have the unpaid TXU bill and have some problems with the state comptrollers office. We literally have no money left. We never even took a dime for ourselves when we were open. I am just interested in getting this collection agency off our back. I should tell you that we are only in the process of filing bankruptcy. We have not actually filed at the present. The lawyer is working with my wife on everything!
Justin
5 years ago
They are starting
Phillip
4 years ago
Received a voicemail from a Justin Levrett stating they he is a private investigator that was hired by ggr Inc to investigate my company from commercial investigative services said they are going to show up at wherever my business is an perform an asset and liability investigation. Take pictures of place of business and all interior and then take inventory of all property and search all records in 3-5 days but it may be a day longer due to other cases was given a 8323334565 contact number. Stated this pertain to file no 1604075 if I have questions. I didn't call back. I instantly started researching company and call then I seen thousands of other complaints with same exact message. I was sent two letters today claiming they are collecting a debt for wex. Also they have called prior 20-30 times and then they switch numbers and call. I didn't know it was that number till I looked at caller ID and heard voicemail first time today.
Josh
4 years ago
They keep calling me about 3 times a month at first then almost every 2 to 4 days now. The message left is obviously prerecorded and says his name and company in a way that is hard to make out ant they continue to say call back and use reference #......
Jason
3 years ago
We received a call from 512-213-1240 (Robert Burton) saying he's a PI Investigator representing Greenburg Grant and Richards. Is this a valid thing? On the message, they say they want to come in and investigate our business.
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Jason. Private investigators are sometimes hired by debt collectors as a way to uncover any hidden assets or to find the debtor to secure payment. This is typically only done if the debt is quite substantial. My question is do you owe a debt of any type that Greenberg, Grant, Richards is attempting to collect on? I would like to discuss this further with you and will reach out. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Josh. This is a common complaint against debt collectors and it is frustrating when you want to get to the bottom of the issue. Have you ever received any letters from Greenberg Grant Richards? Do you know of any debts that you may owe that they are attempting to collect on? If you'd like help in dealing with this matter, feel free to reach out to me and we can have a no-obligation, free consultation. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Phillip. Your story is like so many others both online and what I hear from others dealing with Greenberg Grant Richards. They like to use this tactic to attempt to scare consumers into paying to avoid further actions. Now, debt collectors will hire private investigators, typically when the debt is large. Do you owe a debt that you're aware of? I would be happy to help you get to the bottom of this. Please feel free to contact me at my office. We are experienced in dealing with this type of situation and we'd be happy to speak with you. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Justin. Are you being called and/or harassed by Greenberg Grant Richards? If so, give me a call and we can help. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hello Mike. Thank you for sharing your story. I've heard this same type of story from many other consumers who get the same types of calls from supposed PI's that Greenberg Grant Richards has hired. While this could be legitimate, it could also be a threat tactic to get you to pay up to avoid having a PI come into your life. I would be happy to talk more about this with you so we can see what options you'll have in dealing with them. Please contact me so we can discuss this. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Karissa. You are correct, this is a common harassment tactic that debt collectors will use to scare you into paying to avoid a private investigator coming to inspect your business or home. They absolutely have to tell you what the debt is about and I would request a debt validation letter from them. If you'd like assistance with this, please give me a call. Thanks, Mike
Michael Agruss
3 years ago
Hi Taunja. I will contact you shortly. Thanks, Mike
Jeremy
2 years ago
Got a call from a private investigator for Greenburg grant and richards - wex debt - just over $2000
Michael Agruss
2 years ago
Hi Jeremy. Do you feel the debt they are calling about is legitimate? Have you requested a debt verification letter from Greenberg, Grant, and Richards? You do have that right. If you need help in dealing with this debt, give me a call at my office and we can discuss your options. Thanks, Mike
Steve & Cindy
2 years ago
A Deleon Jenkins keeps calling from GGR Greenberg, Grant, Richards, the calls usually go to spam but he leaves messages: first he say's a voluntary resolution that has to be paid today for an unpaid invoice, then another message is he would like to settle the invoice before moving forward through the office; and yet another message is resolution of $630 unpaid balance than he say's excuse me it's a $830 Balance. Now today we received a letter from him wanting the full payment to a PO Box within 7 day's of date of this letter, our client may retain local council. Then they state they have investigated Our Treasures and since we are not a corporation is necessary the client will enter litigation to lift the corporation veil and go after us on a personal bases. I Cindy talked to Wix at the end of February, and I explained we are missing a card, and we are trying to figure this out. It was like the charges went from $200 something up to $ 600. I told them something wasn't right. I have made a couple payments as I try and figure things out but this Deleon is really pushing plus the letter doesn't have any original account information for one and paying to a po box no.... We are a small Antique business our information has been used before for unemployment and Cindy's information has been stolen; which was turned into ohio.gov on multiple occasions. We are not saying we do not owe but we do not owe $830 for sure. Can you help? If so what would it cost we are struggling paying things in this economy as it is and someone making these vailed threats does not help. Please can you help? Cindy
Michael Agruss
2 years ago
Hi Cindy. I may be able to help you with the issues you're having with Mr. Jenkins and Greenberg, Grant, and Richards. I would like to get some additional information from you and I will be in touch to discuss your options. You can also contact me at my office at 888 572 0176 at your earliest convenience. Thanks, Mike
Nefertari
2 years ago
Greenberg, Grant & Richards, Inc. Nefetari, Please be advised that my firm has been retained by Intuit/QuickBooks for the purpose of pursuing delinquent pay roll balance owed by Our Bean Counter LLC. As of the date of this email our records indicate the obligation presently owed to our client equals an amount of $6,691.48. In the event of a lack of funds the transmittal of payroll for yourself listed as an employee should have been canceled. Intuit/QuickBooks Terms of Service attached above stipulates that you guarantee all pay roll payments issued are in the attached business bank account at the time of submission. Intuit is neither a bank nor lender to be used to “float” funds that a company does not have to meet their pay roll obligations. Your company was required to wire the funds to Intuit to cover immediately or be in breach. This results in a 100% dollar for dollar loss to our client. This balance is not for some unpaid 30 day invoice for product or services. This balance is dollar-for-dollar for payroll which was run by your company against contract terms, when there was no money in your business checking account to cover it. Intuit is not a credit card, bank, or lending institution. Our client takes a very dim view of companies using them as an interest free loan hence their disinclination to any extended repayment term. Your agreement stipulates you must have the funds available and in the account BEFORE having them deposit the money into your employees bank account; not after. Given the potential for abuse they are very firm and aggressive on this point. Should you need more time I can only suggest you borrow it from an appropriate venue such as a bank or investor and pay that mutually-agreed loan back over time instead of attempting to shoehorn Intuit into that role. That is not a role Intuit/QuickBooks ever agreed to take on. Our client has no appetite in being forcibly thrust into being your interest free lender to cover payroll for you. **** I have never agreed to any such inflation of fees **** - Craft
Michael Agruss
2 years ago
Hi Nefertari. Is this a copy of the letter you've received from Greenberg, Grant, and Richards? I am going to contact you so we can discuss this and see what we can do to get this situation resolved. Thanks, Mike
Vanessa
2 years ago
I received the same letter that Nefertari received; verbatim, all the way down to the dollar amount. Greenberg, Grant & Richards, Inc. Nefetari, Please be advised that my firm has been retained by Intuit/QuickBooks for the purpose of pursuing delinquent pay roll balance owed by Our Bean Counter LLC. As of the date of this email our records indicate the obligation presently owed to our client equals an amount of $6,691.48. In the event of a lack of funds the transmittal of payroll for yourself listed as an employee should have been canceled. Intuit/QuickBooks Terms of Service attached above stipulates that you guarantee all pay roll payments issued are in the attached business bank account at the time of submission. Intuit is neither a bank nor lender to be used to “float” funds that a company does not have to meet their pay roll obligations. Your company was required to wire the funds to Intuit to cover immediately or be in breach. This results in a 100% dollar for dollar loss to our client. This balance is not for some unpaid 30 day invoice for product or services. This balance is dollar-for-dollar for payroll which was run by your company against contract terms, when there was no money in your business checking account to cover it. Intuit is not a credit card, bank, or lending institution. Our client takes a very dim view of companies using them as an interest free loan hence their disinclination to any extended repayment term. Your agreement stipulates you must have the funds available and in the account BEFORE having them deposit the money into your employees bank account; not after. Given the potential for abuse they are very firm and aggressive on this point. Should you need more time I can only suggest you borrow it from an appropriate venue such as a bank or investor and pay that mutually-agreed loan back over time instead of attempting to shoehorn Intuit into that role. That is not a role Intuit/QuickBooks ever agreed to take on. Our client has no appetite in being forcibly thrust into being your interest free lender to cover payroll for you.
sophia
1 year ago
someone by the name of ramos called acting like a PI. gave me a number to call. then I spoke with a tiffany Buscher at 832-333-4565. she then threaten to send someone to come take pics and investigate the company
Candace
9 months ago
Getting harassed and scammed by Greenberg Grant & Richards
Michael
8 months ago
Getting a Call from Robert Burton saying he is sending someone to my office on behalf of Greenberh Grant Richards
Lee
8 months ago
Constant harassment phone calls and text messages from Greenberg Grant and Richards. First call was from out of California stating they was sending someone to my home to go thru my business files and to call a certain number to clarify the matter. Called the number and the guy threaten me and was asking for my bank and debit card info and saying ti pay him 2000 that day. Googled the number it says a fraud but this company keeps calling me every other day and texts me demanding my bank info and saying I can only pay 491 a month and only have 12 month to pay or they will take me to court. Had to demand a letter and I finally received it but it looked phony. Constant harassment everyday now.
Mark
7 months ago
many emails from laura cerrato at Greenburg, Grant, & Richards. We regret the necessity of this action, but efforts having failed, we will be moving forward unless payment is received. They have asked that we move forward as, since the funds were known to not be in the account at the time of payroll submission for the tax payment, they are looking at this as a possible case of willful intent to defraud.
Josh
6 months ago
We just received a call from a Greenberg investigator stating they will come to our house, office and my business partners dads house. Please reach out and help in this case. Thank you.
Simone
6 months ago
Receiving emails and phone calls from Greenberg, Grant and Richards in TX regarding a business my husband and I owned. They are threatening to come after personal assets, as well as go to banks and our former place of business (we closed in February, 2023). I actually called their main office number yesterday (doing a Google search), and the receptionist was unable to locate our file using our business name. Our business was in TN, and our home is located in AL. Our business bank accounts are all closed, and assets have been liquidated, as we had to pay all of our payroll, and a multitude of outstanding debts. At this point, we are debating what steps need to be taken to get out from under this, as there are still more debts to be paid (Thousands of dollars, and no income currently).
Lloyd
5 months ago
We would just like to know our options.
Paul
4 months ago
An issue with Greenberg, Grant and Richards
Kali
2 months ago
won\'t stay away from my home
Road Ranger, L.L.C.
4 weeks ago
Greenberg, Grant & Richards has been harassing our company (Road Ranger, L.L.C.)\'s CEO by repeatedly calling his personal cell phone number and making aggressive threats about entering our office to conduct an inspection/investigation. We would like assistance in getting them to cease and desist.

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