A Florida couple receiving 'Unrelenting' phone calls from Bank of America was granted more than $1 million from a government judge.

Nelson as well as Joyce Coniglio received 700 collection calls from the bank over a four year period, the New York reports. 'They addressed us really severely,' Nelson told the Post. 'No 2 ways about it.'

The couple said the bank badgered them after they had supported on their property repayments. Also after the Coniglios hired a lawyer, the calls kept coming in. Senior Vice President of state Dan Frahm stated the calls were not to accumulate financial obligation, yet assist the couple stay clear of repossession.

The Tampa fl Bay Times reported that the Coniglios, both 69 and married for 45 years, went to federal court in July to stop the harassment. 3 months later they got a default judgment when Bank of America missed out on the deadline for responding to the problem.

A family lawyer told the Times he wants the bank to compensate now.

'Unlike Bank of America we're only going to call them when,' he said. The paper said the Coniglios received hundreds of robocalls, occasionally 5 a day.

'We would certainly be out to dinner as well as they would certainly ring my mother's cellphone, then they would call my dad's cellphone then when we returned to the house, there would be another message on the answering machine,' said Jason Coniglio, their son.

The child worked as a home mortgage broker and also attempted that can help his moms and dads acquire a funding modification. He struggled to obtain any person from Bank of America on the phone, the Times said.

Both sued under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and was awarded the large amount. The damages were tripled from the bank's $500 each call.

'The borrowers, people who have those phones, you do have a right to personal privacy. And also when they claim to quit, you have to stop," the Coniglios' attorney, David Mitchell, told the paper.

Bank of America asked the court to reevaluate the award, but the court declined the appeal.

The Tampa fl Bay Times said Nelson Coniglio pleaded guilty in 1999 to federal charges for piloting medicines and money to a Tampa fl ring operating in Columbia.