In Home Personal Services in Crystal Lake sued by Xerox for defaulting on payments

In Home Personal Services, a company based in Crystal Lake and owned by Michael Collura, who previously has been served with other lawsuits for failing to pay his employees, is being sued for payment by Xerox Corporation, according to court documents.

The occurrences are the latest in a long string of legal problems facing Collura and his companies, which include In Home Personal Services and Bowes In Home Care, also in Crystal Lake. Bowes In Home Care, at 813 Tek Drive, closed in February but had myriad previous problems such as companywide bounced payroll checks, resulting in employees not getting paid for weeks of work.

Additionally, in February, The Illinois Department of Labor was reviewing
22 wage complaints about Bowes In Home Care, a Medicare-certified home health agency. Records show that Collura's financial troubles with Bowes In Home Care date back about a decade.

According to the most recent lawsuit against In Home Personal Services, filed Tuesday in the McHenry County Courthouse, In Home failed to make payments and went into default on six leases for color printers. In Home Personal Services entered into its first lease Sept. 5, 2015.

The last lease agreement it entered into was Sept. 19, 2018.

According to an affidavit, Diana Cortez, a senior litigation specialist at Xerox, sent In Home Personal Services a notice on Nov. 11, 2019, notifying In Home that it was in default of their agreement with Xerox for falling behind on payments.

In Home now owes Xerox Corporation $140,746.50, according to the lawsuit. A court date for the case is set for August 4.

Michael Collura, president of In Home Personal Services, could not be reached for comment.

In Home Personal Services also is the defendant of a small claims complaint that was filed by Rockford’s Best Currency Exchange, on April 20 with the McHenry County Circuit Clerk.

According to court documents, Currency Exchange, among other things, provides check-cashing services to members of the general public for a fee.

Part of In Home Personal Services’ and Rockford’s Best Currency Exchanges business dealings took place in McHenry County. On Jan. 24, In Home Personal Services issued a check for $249.20, which they used Currency Exchange’s services for.

When Currency Exchange tried to cash the check, it was returned unpaid because of “duplicate presentment,” and Currency Exchange was charged $25 in “return check fees” by its bank, according to the small claims complaint.

In Home Personal Services allegedly has not reimbursed Currency Exchange any of the $274.20 it said is owed to it.