she went from american idol to multiplat tum super star. tonight, carrie underwood talks marriage, kids sbtd song that touched her heart. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, april 25th, 2012. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with the outrageous case of a debt collector who harasses and torments a woman for a debt she doesn t owe. millions of people across the nagts are in debt, and the collection business is booming. but some of the collections techniques you will see tonight are way over the line. and this time, they tangled with the wrong woman. abc news s elizabeth leemy reports. reporter: wheeling, west virginia s a small town. but diana mey has done something big. going after a debt collector that went after her and others nationwide. i m a mom and a housewife and an accidental activist. reporter: the court ordered the company to pay dian
this is nightline, april 25th, 2012. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with the outrageous case of a debt collector who harasses and torments a woman for a debt she doesn t owe. millions of people across the nagts are in debt, and the collection business is booming. but some of the collections techniques you will see tonight are way over the line. and this time, they tangled with the wrong woman. abc news s elizabeth leemy reports. reporter: wheeling, west virginia s a small town. but diana mey has done something big. going after a debt collector that went after her and others nationwide. i m a mom and a housewife and an accidental activist. reporter: the court ordered the company to pay diana $10 million. but she is is not stopping there. the latest project to turn the tables and collect from the collectors. i don t know that i will ever collect a dime, but if i can get their operation shut down that would make me happen. reporter: it starte
she went from american idol to multiplat tum super star. tonight, carrie underwood talks marriage, kids sbtd song that touched her heart. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, april 25th, 2012. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with the outrageous case of a debt collector who harasses and torments a woman for a debt she doesn t owe. millions of people across the nagts are in debt, and the collection business is booming. but some of the collections techniques you will see tonight are way over the line. and this time, they tangled with the wrong woman. abc news s elizabeth leemy reports. reporter: wheeling, west virginia s a small town. but diana mey has done something big. going after a debt collector that went after her and others nationwide. i m a mom and a housewife and an accidental activist. reporter: the court ordered the company to pay dian