Replacement Phone part of ***** Case

Good Day on Thursday morning my phone displayed 'No Service' initially i thought it was a network issue and i didn't pay it any mind. But for the whole day my phone didn't have network and when i went to the Vodashop i was told that my phone has been blacklisted by Telkom for bad debt. This didn't make sense as i had had this phone for about a year ans a replacement phone from C-Surance (division of Finrite Insurance) and my Cell C contract had since expired and therefore i did not owe anyone for my phone ( iPhone 5s 16GB).<br> I wen to the Telkom store in Gateway and i was informed that Telkom had blacklisted phones because they were part of a R180m ***** claim against the company that took the devices from them but never paid for them, my phone is part of this mess.<br> Surely this is not my problem and i should not suffer for it, i would like my phone unblacklisted, Finrite's financial obligations to Telkom are not any business of mine. <br> For the past 2 weeks i have been calling the Finrite contact centre and every agent i speak to escalates the issue to their Team Lead but no-one ever gets back to me with a solution, i had to get an interim phone as this matter is dragging .