Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scam Nailed in Canada-U.S. Sting

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with four of the defendants in an allegedly phony debt relief services operation that claimed that, for $995, it would dramatically reduce consumers’ credit card interest rates. Under the settlement, reached as part of the FTC’s continuing efforts against frauds that target financially strapped consumers, the defendants …

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FTC v. Direct Financial Management, The Elite Financial Group, F&F Payment Processing, Bajada Management Group, David Richards, Baird Fisher, Jacqueline Fisher, Joseph Foley

The links for the FTC case v. Direct Financial Management, The Elite Financial Group, F&F Payment Processing, Bajada Management Group, David Richards, Baird Fisher, Jacqueline Fisher, Joseph Foley can be found here.

Court Slams the Door on Ring of Debt Relief Providers Violating Telemarketing Sales Rules

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court in Chicago has shut down an international robocall ring that allegedly conned consumers out of $995 each with false promises that it would reduce their credit card interest rates, but provided little or nothing in return. As part of its crackdown on frauds …

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