Missouri woman awarded $83 million in debt collection case

A leading U.S. debt collection agency will have to fork over nearly $83 million to a Kansas City woman it mistakenly went after to collect money she didn’t owe, a Missouri jury has ordered.

Maria Guadalupe Mejia, 51, said she was "terrified" when Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC sought her out in February 2013 for a little over $1,000, she said in a statement obtained by KCUR.

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