ROME, August 4 (Reuters) – The Antitrust Authority imposed a fine of one million euro in Carige Assicurazioni for “unfair trade practices as aggressive.”
The conduct explains the Guarantor in a statement, was manifested through forwarding, in a systematic way of summons at the headquarters of one justice of the peace, other than territorial jurisdiction for consumers residing in other jurisdictions.
“These petitions also showed a fictitious date of the first hearing, but the case was registered as. Specifically, it appears that thousands of consumers were sent quotations, regardless of their residence, at the Milan judge “.
According to the Antitrust Authority, the conduct was not aimed at exercising a legitimate right to recover the debt through the courts, but it may determine the average consumer an undue influence: and what engenders the belief that it was preferable to provide for the payment of the amount required rather than expose themselves to a legal dispute.
The Antitrust adds that the petitions submitted at a different site from the territorial jurisdiction are deemed fit, in fact, to exert psychological pressure on the recipients, such as to influence unduly the choices and economic behavior.
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