What is the most common complaint against Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 31 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP's reputation grade?

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP has a reputation grade of C (score: 57.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 33% of cases.

In how many states does Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP operate?

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from New York (29 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

13
False statements or representation

5
Communication tactics

4
Written notification about debt

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record relin-goldstein-crane-llp Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP

Grade C · 31 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1526 · compose #2724

VOL 31
GRADE C
12MO 1
STATES 2
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 33%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,526
COMPOSE #2,724

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Amscot Corporation (31 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP's 31 CFPB complaints sit next to Amscot Corporation on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

93.5% of Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP's CFPB filings land in New York

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP is volume #1,526 but composite #2,724, while New York dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 93.5%; 29 of 31 filings · 2 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2020-02 8.3%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,526 volume; #2,724 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,198 places worse than volume

How does Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP compare to its peers?

How does Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Relin, Goldstein & Cra… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

93%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

33%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-10 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	13
False statements or representation	5
Communication tactics	4
Written notification about debt	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP come from?

Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

29
Florida

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 31.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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