In all 11 complaints, the FTC is either seeking - or has received - relief ranging from temporary restraining orders to preliminary or permanent injunctions, as well as a freeze of the defendants' assets and the appointment of a receiver to oversee their finances pending trial, where appropriate. Among those charged were the purveyors of advance-fee loans and credit cards, at-home medical billing programs, work-at-home envelope stuffing schemes, and a "consumer protection" agency that was, in reality, no more than a shill for a vending machine business opportunity.Īs detailed in the attached table, in each case brought through "Operation Dialing for Deception" the Commission charged the defendants with violating the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), or both. In what may be the most far-reaching Federal Trade Commission law enforcement sweep ever against "in-bound" telemarketing fraud - where consumers call companies based on classified ads, Internet banners, or other promotions - the FTC today announced the filing of 11 federal district court complaints.
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