今天的FTC获得了1000万美元,以解决三套被告的指控,以解决他们经营着一个大规模骗局的指控,向数百万个消费者发送了一个不需要的短信,其中许多人以后获得非法Robocalls,Whony“免费”商品优惠,并未授权在他们的手机账单上挤满了收费。
FTC表示,该定居点是努力破解不需要的短信发件人的努力,为消费者提供“免费”礼品卡给零售商,如最佳购买,沃尔玛和目标。The messages contained links to websites that led consumers through a process that the FTC alleges was designed to get consumers’ personal information for sale to marketers, their mobile phone numbers to cram unwanted charges on their bill, and to drive them to paid subscriptions for which the scammers received affiliate referral fees.
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“The operators of this scam bombarded consumers for months with deceptive text messages offering ‘free’ items, but the costs to consumers were very real – including the misuse of their personal information to cram unwanted charges on their phone bills,” said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection in a statement.
根据FTC,定居点涉及三组:
- 在这个解决方案中的被告是可见性的互动,LLC;7657030加拿大Inc.,Garry Jonas,Gregory Van Horn,收入路径电子咨询PVT,Ltd。Revenuepath Ltd .;和索拉塔索莫尼。本集团必须支付780万美元的费用,并负责数百万违法的短信,对“免费”商品进行了欺骗性要求,负责未经授权的手机账单收取,并协助和促进派遣非法RoboCalls。
- Burton Katz,独立也是商务作为Polling Associates Inc.和Boomerang International,LLC和Jonathan Smyth,单独和也是作为Polling Associates Inc.的业务。该群体需要支付140万美元的费用。FTC据称,这套被告负责填补消费者手机账单未经授权的收费。
- 在第三个定居点由于被告在转过可用资产后,由于被告的无法支付,因此暂停了800万美元的判决。FTC据称,这套被告负责赚取数百万的非法Robocalls。根据解决方案,被告需要支付10万美元的费用,以及人寿保险政策的投降价值,并从销售中收益:2013年凯迪拉克瑞莱德,两辆摩托车和南加州举办的房地产。结算还通过Robocalling禁止被告从非法电话营销消费者。该解决方案的被告是Firebrand Group S.L.,LLC,全球商务伙伴,LLC和Matthew Beucler。
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