Category: Federal Trade Commission
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$80 million Pompano debt-relief scam: First of $32 million in seized assets auctioned off
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
A team of Miami-based attorneys has taken the first steps in auctioning off tens of millions of dollars in assets seized after a nationwide debt-relief scam headquartered in Pompano Beach was shut down last year by a District Court injunction. -
Huge debt-relief fraud in Pompano Beach bilks $70 million from thousands of victims
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
In a debt-relief scheme that affected about 15,000 people across the country, three telemarketing executives headquartered in Pompano Beach and using a branch in Panama bilked victims out of an estimated $70 million, authorities say. -
‘We are a law firm’: How telemarketers sold false hope to homeowners struggling to pay mortgages
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
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