FTC Action Puts Deceptive Marketer Out of the Debt Relief Business

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 6, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — A deceptive advertising operation has been banned from the debt relief business under a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. As part of a continuing crackdown on scams that target consumers in financial distress, the FTC charged the defendants with deceptively claiming they could save consumers thousands of dollars by reducing their credit card debt.


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