Washington state AG Bob Ferguson sues Renton-based debt collector over misleading letters

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against a Renton-based collection agency that he said tried to scare people into thinking they could be sued over old debt.

Convergent Outsourcing is a Renton-based collection agency with about 700 employees and $80 million in annual revenues that collects for debt buyers as well as major corporations around the country, including Verizon and PayPal.