My history with a company named I Works began way back before the Federal Trade Commission went after Jeremy Johnson and his company I Works. After a decade, harmed customers are finally getting back refunds. The average refund is $86. At least it’s something. According to the FTC,”The Federal Trade Commission is sending full refunds—totaling …
Sometimes it takes years and years to get the satisfaction of people having to finally be accountable for their alleged bad acts. In the case of Jeremy Johnson and iWorks it took about six years. Jeremy Johnson first came to my attention in June 2010 when I wrote this article about BadCustomer.com. Something wasn’t adding …
Two key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law. Bryce Payne and Kevin Pilon, along with Jeremy Johnson and seven others, were named in …
This enterprise hit my radar about 18 months ago when I wrote BadCustomer.com Investigative Report. Is it a Scam or Something You Need to Be Afraid Of? The story of the fall of Jeremy Johnson is one for the record books. Another sad tale of a tumble from philanthropist to incarcerated. The Federal Trade Commission …
Jeremy Johnson, the guy nailed by the FTC for deceptive marketing of government grants and other business opportunities, was recently picked up by the Feds as he was attempting to “flee” the country. Well, his version is slightly different, he was just taking a casual one-way trip to Costa Rica where he had relocated his …
Jeremy Johnson, a guy I’ve written about before, has just had his request for funds, from frozen accounts, released so he could make his mortgage payments. Johnson, who was arrested on June 11 while he was changing planes on his trip back to Costa Rica, will now have to possibly face the loss of his …
Back in June I wrote an investigative piece on BadCustomer.com. After hearing about the site and reviewing it I became very concerned at what was behind it. Locally Jeremy Johnson is a humanitarian helicopter pilot, assisting the local Sheriff department in search and rescue operations and even doing some work internationally. Hooray, a hero. And …
BadCustomer.com is a site that provides a service that lists consumers that have initiated a chargeback with one of their participating merchants. This leaves people listed on the database with BadCustomer.com who may have filed legitimate chargebacks for goods or services, blacklisted without their knowledge. As you will read, there may be a relationship between …