Telemarketing
Fraud and Abuse
The Federal Trade Commission serves as the nation’s
leader in the fight against telemarketing fraud and abuse.
Through law enforcement actions filed in federal courts,
the FTC aggressively pursues telemarketers who are abusing
or defrauding U.S. consumers. This page contains information
about actions involving the use of the telephone to market
goods or services. This includes cold-call outbound telemarketing
as well as inbound calls generated from advertisements
or other solicitations to purchase products or services.
Many involved actions filed under the Telemarketing Sales
Rule. Links to the relevant press releases are included.
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Telemarketing
Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Action Announcements Since October
1, 2002
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A
Federal Trade Commission v. Yad Abraham,
et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
[TXT#4]
Federal Trade Commission and State
of Maryland v. Accent Marketing, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Access
Resources Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Affordable
Media, LLC, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT
#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Ambus
Registry, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. America's
Shopping Network, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. AmeriDebt,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Ameritel
Payphone Distributors, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. ArtMart
Publications, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Assail,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
[TXT#4]
Federal Trade Commission v. Associated
Record Distributors, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
B Federal
Trade Commission v. 627867 B.C. LTD., D.B.A. Newport Group,
et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Bay Area
Business Council, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Tamara
Bell, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Blair
Publications Group
[TXT]
C Federal
Trade Commission v. 4049705 Canada Inc., a corporation, d/b/a
Pinacle, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. 4086465
Canada, Inc., a Corporation d/b/a International Protection Center
and Consumers Protection Center, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Canada
Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Capital
Choice Consumer Credit, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Brent
Chivers
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Community
Affairs, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Consumer
Alliance, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Corporate
Marketing Solutions, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Credit
Enhancement Services, LLC, et al.
[TXT]
D Federal
Trade Commission v. D&C National Holdings Ltd., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Datatech
Communications, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Debt Management
Foundation Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Direct
Marketing Concepts, Inc., d/b/a Today’s Health and Direct
Fulfillment, ITV Direct, Inc., d/b/a Direct Fulfillment, et
al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. DPS Activity
Publishing, Ltd., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Nanda
Kumar Duraisami
[TXT]
E Federal
Trade Commission v. Efficient Telesales Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Electronic
Financial Group, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Electronic
Medical Billing, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Electronic
Processing Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. E.M. Publishing
Enterprises
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. END70
Corporation, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Morgan
Engle
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Epixtar
Corporation, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Essex
Marketing Group, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
F Federal
Trade Commission v. Farpoint Services Int'l, Ltd., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. 1st Beneficial
Credit Services, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission and People
of the State of Ill. v. 1st Financial Solutions, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. First
Alliance Mortgage Co., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. First
American Payment Processing, Inc. et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. First
Financial Debt Consolidation, Inc., et al.
Federal Trade Commission v. Forum
Marketing, et al.
[TXT]
G Federal
Trade Commission v. General Supply Centers, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Global
Vending Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Mitchell
D. Gold, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT
#2] [TXT
#3]
Federal Trade Commission v. Grant
Search, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Clinton
R. Greenwell
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Greeting
Cards of America, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
H Federal
Trade Commission v. Hanson Publications, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
Federal Trade Commission v. Healthcare
Claims Network, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Heritage
Health Products Company
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Thomas
Gregg Holloway, et al.
[TXT]
I Federal
Trade Commission v. ICR Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Icon America,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Innovative
Systems Technology, Inc., dba Briggs & Baker, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Inspired
Ventures, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Internet
Marketing Group, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
J Federal
Trade Commission v. Jaguar Business Concepts, LP, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Jordan
Maxwell, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Jubilee
Financial Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
K Federal
Trade Commission v. Komaco International, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
L Federal
Trade Commission v. Leading Edge Processing, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
M
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Mantra Films, Inc. et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Medical-Billing.com,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission and State
of Illinois v. Membership Services, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Merchant Payment Solutions, Inc.,
et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Mercury
Marketing of Delaware, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Mountain
View Systems, Ltd., et al.
[TXT]
[TEXT#2]
[TEXT#3]
[TXT#4]
N Federal
Trade Commission v. National Audit Defense Network, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. National
Consumer Council, et al.
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Nationwide Premium Cigar Distributors
Corp., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. NexGen3000.com
Inc, et al.
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. North America Vending, Inc., et
al.
[TXT]
O Federal
Trade Commission v. 1492828 Ontario Inc., d/b/a First Capital
Consumers Group, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Oxmoor House, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
P Federal
Trade Commission v. Pacific First Benefit, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Antoine
J. Peissel d/b/a the Woodway Group, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. The Pendleton
Group, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Perfumes Unlimited, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Phillip
W. Ranney, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Physicians
Healthcare Development, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Platinum
Universal, LLC., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Preferred
Alliance, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Richard L. Prochnow, et al.
[TXT]
Q
Federal Trade Commission v. 9094-5114
Quebec, Inc., d/b/a Kinito, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
R
Federal Trade Commission v. Royal
Flush System Network, Inc.; et al.
Press
Release
S Federal
Trade Commission v. Sherif, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. SkyBiz.com,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Ira Smolev,
et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Star Credit,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Grover Stewart a/k/a Lee Stewart
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. STF Group,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Spectrum
Communications Organization, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
T Federal
Trade Commission v. Telephone Protection Agency, Inc. et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Trek Alliance,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Turnkey Vending, Inc.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. Tyme Lock
2000, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
U Federal
Trade Commission v. Unicyber Technology, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v. United
Media Publishing Group
[TXT]
United States of America (for the
Federal Trade Commission) v. Univend, LLC, et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. Universal
Greeting Card Corp., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. US Grant
Resources LLC, et al.
[TXT]
V
Federal Trade Commission v.
Vector Direct Marketing, LLC, et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v.
Esteban Barrios Vega, an individual doing business as EBV Promotions,
Paymentech Promotions, and Promotions of Service
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
Federal Trade Commission v.
Vendco, LLC, et al.
[TXT]
W
Federal Trade Commission v. West Coast
Advertising & Marketing, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission and State
of Washington v. Westcal Equipment, Inc., et al.
[TXT]
Federal Trade Commission v. World
Media Brokers Inc., et al.
[TXT]
[TXT#2]
[TXT#3]
United States
of America (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. Worldwide Coffee,
Inc., et al.
[TXT]
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Updated:
Friday, July 30, 2004
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