Very concerning when a company calls my elderly family members reciting facts such as social security #'s bank info ect. I immediately contacted my legal department and we placed a call and advised the call was being recorded. Amazingly the info changed. It was no longer criminal but civil and the amount owed was changed from 700 to 300. Funniest part was when the "company I owed" money to changes names. I almost started laughing but I was too annoyed with having to take time out if my day to deal with these jack holes. I plan to call tomorrow to check in so that I can see what new info they have. Maybe I will call this # once an hour to see if they need anything else from me. So pissed!!!

I got a call from this number as well...they called my job and told my supervisor they was coming to arrest me on criminal charges about a loan I never paid off in 2010..that's what they said..I called them back and told them I called the police. .they said they never called me...and hung up the phone. .

Yeah, they just called and left a message for me to call back so they could get a statement of intent. By calling themselves arbitrators I think that they believe they are immune from FDCPA. They need to send me a VOD before I will talk to them. Even so, as has been pointed out so eloquently by other posters: debt is a civil, not a criminal matter. Besides, I am in bankruptcy--six more payments to go--and the debt is included in the bankruptcy. Even if it weren't, they would have to request permission from the court to sue me; thus doubling their cost. One thing that I find funny is that they can never get the details right.  

This is a typical scam done by fake or bottom feeder collectors.
Your employee is the victim here, they have done nothing wrong, so please do not let these types of scam calls effect your company's relationship with the employee. Punishing or terminating the employee over these calls will not stop them.
Any collector that threatens arrest over a debt is a scammer and crook, it is against federal law to do so.
Any collector that discusses someones debt with any third party is a scammer and crook, again it is against federal law to do so.
The crooks are attempting to trick and pressure the employee into paying money for a supposed debt that most likely doesn't exist. By calling employers and friends and family, that are attempting extortion.

My suggestion to you and your department/company:
Discuss the issue with your employee, get his side of the story for your records, let them know you are on their side.
Notify any employee that takes calls to route all of these extortion attempts to your department.
Report the calls to your local law enforcement branch, they will not be able to stop the calls, but you will need to have a police report number for your records.
If the calls still come in, with the same "pay or jail" threats, treat all as criminal extortion calls and notify the caller that you know they are scammers/crooks who are violating federal law and they have been reported. If you manage to obtain a legit mailing address to the "collection agency" you can then send them a C&D letter along with a copy of the police report, again if the calls still come in then you know you are dealing with a crook.
Eventually they will give up, as it will become very apparent they are getting nowhere with their efforts.

This scammer  violated the law in several ways.
1. Threatened arrest.
2. Gave information to a third party.
3. Claimed to be from the county.
4. IF the employee did owe money, it would be civil, not criminal.

Of course you know this is a scam.  You can not be arrested for owing money (even if he did).  This is a scare tactic from a bottom feeding debt collector.  Call them on that the next time they call - in fact tell them the call is being recorded.

Consider reporting the calls to your state attorney general.  They can't do much for one person but could if enough complaints are filed.

I am the Human Resource Manager for our company. This is the second phone call I have received from this company regarding the same employee. They state that they are from  ****** County processing center and that they need to pick up this employee for criminal charges and want to know what our company policy is / what protocol to follow.  I told them no so and so's a super and I won't have him taken out in front of his employee's. Their response was to give him this # and have him call. We do Criminal background checks so I called the county and nothing they even did a state wide search. It's ridiculous. I called the EE and he told me it's this nation wide arbitration. Not only are they leaving harassing messages at work but they called his elderly mother in Florida and told her he was wanted on criminal charges.

The phone number 1844-715-3416 is a scam. They keep calling using someone else's name who i don't know saying they  
represent Nationwide Arbitration and i have 72 hours to respond. I let the police hear this and they said it is a scam going on. Do not call them back and if you do let them know you are going to report them to the Attorney General's office in your state.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

?is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
?refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
?asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
?exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

?Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.?Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
?Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
?Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
?Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

I keep getting messages from them saying I owe a debt and I don't mind paying my debt but they haven't told me what the debt is or who is trying to collect but I return call and they don't return a call to me but calls my parents and sister leaving messages for me and a case number. I even gave them my cell phone so I could get the call but the continue to leave messages on my home phone voicemail and calling my family.

Someone called saying I owe 1800 $ in a county I never heard of in 2008. Now it's 2014, why would they used Nation Wide name like that to scare me. I never had a bank account until now. Where did they get my information from?