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Work-At-Home Marketer Settles With FTC

Christopher Andrew Sterling, a work-at-home opportunity marketer, has been banned from selling work-at-home and business opportunities under a federal court settlement. The FTC sued Sterling in November 2012 as part of “Operation Lost Opportunity,” a federal-state crackdown on scams that falsely promised jobs and opportunities to “be your own boss” to people who are unemployed …

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FTC Crackdown on Get Rich Quick, Work From Home, and Biz Op Schemes, Sends Message

Who thinks screwing consumers is a smart thing to do. Only the scammers. The Federal Trade Commission is concentrating efforts to protect consumers from fraudulent business opportunity programs and stomping on some of them very hard. As part of a coordinated attack on deceptive or bogus business opportunity programs, stated and federal agencies have been …

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