Courts in the Second Circuit have consistently held that an individual employee can be liable under the FDCPA when they are debt collectors who “personally engaged in the prohibited conduct.” Isaac v. NRA Group, LLC, 377 F.Supp.3d 211, 216 (E.D.N.Y. 2019) (internal citation omitted) (collecting cases); see also Allison v. Whitman & Meyers, LLC, No. 13-CV-696-JTC, 2015 WL 860757, at * 2 (W.D.N.Y. February 27, 2015) (“Where a plaintiff alleges no specific conduct on the part of an individual defendant, dismissal of the complaint is appropriate.”); Derisme v. Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., 880 F.Supp.2d 339, 372 (D. Conn. 2012)
“[C]ourts[] . . . have recognized that individual liability” under the FDCPA “may be imposed where the defendant sought to be held liable personally engaged in the prohibited conduct.” Isaac v. NRA Grp., LLC, 377 F.Supp.3d 211, 215 (E.D.N.Y. 2019).