An attorney who raised new allegations after an initial conference on his Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case has been sanctioned for not participating in the proceedings in good faith.

Eastern District Judge Brian Cogan slapped Elie Poltorak of Poltorak PC in Brooklyn with a $500 sanction in Huebner v. Midland Credit Management, 14-cv-6046, saying Poltorak was “apparently seeking to hold back his theory of the case for some later date.”

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