Telemarketer Peddling Schemes Involving Amazon-Linked Websites Settles With FTC
A telemarketing operation that the FTC said bilked consumers out of millions of dollars through "false" money-making schemes involving Amazon-linked websites and grants will be banned from the payment processing business under a settlement, said the agency in a Friday…
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news release. Commissioners voted 2-0 to file the complaint and order, which was entered by the District Court for the District of Arizona Thursday. Utah-based G2 Consulting and owner Chad Gettel, in prison for pleading guilty to related mail fraud charges, operated schemes in the Phoenix area, said the agency. The order imposes a $3 million judgment that, because the defendants cannot pay, will be suspended unless they misrepresented their financial status.