Man accused in $2M debt collection scheme runs from Channel 9's camera

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Federal Trade Commission said the company Lombardo, Daniels, and Moss used intimidation and deception to con people out of a combined $2.1 million.

The FTC said the company posed as lawyers to trick people, threatened to sue or arrest them and used profanity.  The Feds claim many of the consumers didn’t even owe money, or if they did, Lombardo didn’t have any right to collect it.

Dion Barron is one of the accused leaders of Lombardo.

He was in court Friday as the FTC asked a judge to ban Lombardo and his alleged partner from doing business while the case moves forward.

The judge agreed.

In court, Barron, who was temporarily representing himself, told the judge, "I take credit for what I did," but that he left the business "on bad terms" in 2014, "didn't have anything to do with the business" after that and shouldn't be held responsible for any wrongdoing during more recent years.

After court, as soon as Barron saw Channel 9's camera, he took off running, holding up his middle finger and cursing.

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