FTC Halts Unauthorized Bank Charges in Bogus Pharmacy Card Scam
May 27 , 2004 The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal court to halt a scam that drained millions of dollars out of thousands of consumers’ checking accounts for “discount pharmacy cards” the consumers didn’t know about, didn’t order, and didn’t get. The FTC estimates that as many as 90,000 consumers were victims. …