Federal Court Finds Defendants in Contempt for Continuing to Pitch Bogus Credit Repair Services
Updated: 2012-11-30 19:44:32
FMD Consumer News Consumer news , consumer information to help consumers fight bad businesses , bad debt collectors , debt and expose consumer scams Home Archive ABOUT Contact Search ADVERTISE Home Consumers Debt Economy Featured Personal Finance Federal Court Finds Defendants in Contempt for Continuing to Pitch Bogus Credit Repair Services 30. November 2012 by allen Responding to charges by the Federal Trade Commission , a U.S . district court has found a credit repair operation in contempt for violating a previous court order that required the defendants to stop promoting bogus credit repair products and services to consumers . 160 The court ordered the defendants to pay 6.4 million to the FTC within 30 days and permanently shut down their credit repair . business The contempt order
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