Lakeville Chiropractor Sued For Predatory Lending
Published: 2009-09-08 23:57:28
Author: WCCO | August 12, 2009
(WCCO) A chiropractor in the south metro is accused of aggressively enrolling patients for a medical credit card and signing them up without their knowledge.
On Wednesday, Minnesota's Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Express Health and Cory Couillard of Lakeville.
"Some patients first learned that a credit card had been opened in their name and that these thousands of dollars of charges had been placed on their credit card when they received a statement, a billing statement in the mail," said Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
Lindsay Westerkamp, 25, is a waitress. She met chiropractor Cory Couillard at a kiosk at Burnsville Center. She never authorized charges and cried when she received a credit card statement in the mail for a year's worth of appointments. Her annual income was about $12,000.
"I cannot afford a $3,000 a year medical expense. I can't do it. And those number are right in front of him. He knows that, so he deliberately set me up," said victim Lindsay Westerkamp.
That was not all. The Attorney General said Couillard misrepresented Westerkamp's income as $120,000 a year. Sanja Vosejpka had a similar situation, although she made clear that she did not want a credit card. She got one anyway with a $2,900 unauthorized charge for chiropractic care.
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Published: 2009-09-08 23:57:28
Author: WCCO | August 12, 2009
(WCCO) A chiropractor in the south metro is accused of aggressively enrolling patients for a medical credit card and signing them up without their knowledge.
On Wednesday, Minnesota's Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Express Health and Cory Couillard of Lakeville.
"Some patients first learned that a credit card had been opened in their name and that these thousands of dollars of charges had been placed on their credit card when they received a statement, a billing statement in the mail," said Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
Lindsay Westerkamp, 25, is a waitress. She met chiropractor Cory Couillard at a kiosk at Burnsville Center. She never authorized charges and cried when she received a credit card statement in the mail for a year's worth of appointments. Her annual income was about $12,000.
"I cannot afford a $3,000 a year medical expense. I can't do it. And those number are right in front of him. He knows that, so he deliberately set me up," said victim Lindsay Westerkamp.
That was not all. The Attorney General said Couillard misrepresented Westerkamp's income as $120,000 a year. Sanja Vosejpka had a similar situation, although she made clear that she did not want a credit card. She got one anyway with a $2,900 unauthorized charge for chiropractic care.
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