The Federal Trade Commission has settled with a set of defendants associated with the A+ Financial Center scheme. They were charged in last year’s joint law enforcement sweep against five companies that made millions of illegal pre-recorded robocalls claiming to be from “Rachel” and “Cardholder Services” and pitching credit card interest rate reduction services. In …
The Federal Trade Commission announced some additional coordinated enforcement actions against companies that promised fraudulent debt relief help and interest rate reductions. Recently I wrote about actions the FTC took against Purchase Power Solutions and The Green Savers. In actions that had been under seal, the FTC announced these additional companies have been targets of …
On October 26, 2010, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced the recovery of $64,737.08 for 48 West Virginia consumers in cases against three debt negotiation and settlement companies that charged illegal fees. These settlements bring the total of successful cases brought by the Attorney General’s Office since 2006 against deceptive and abusive practices by …