Usa Target Southern Usa

FTC hits 'extended vehicle warranty' scammers with lifetime telemarketing bans

Reading now: 316
www.fox29.com

"extended vehicle warranty" telemarketing scam that targeted hundreds of thousands of consumers will face lifetime bans from working in the industry.The FTC initially charged Kole Consulting Group and its owner, Dan Kole, as some defendants involved with the American Vehicle Protection (AVP) operation in February 2022.

The AVP telemarketing scam began in 2018 and fleeced consumers – including many on the FTC’s Do Not Call List – out of millions of dollars.

The scam involved the use of unsolicited calls to consumers and making deceptive claims about AVP's affiliation with vehicle makers and offering "bumper-to-bumper" protection through warranties that cost thousands of dollars."Kole and AVP blasted consumers with illegal calls and made bogus claims about bumper-to-bumper warranties," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s consumer protection bureau, said in a statement. "Today’s order bans Kole and his company from the extended auto warranty industry and imposes a monetary judgment of $6.6 million, continuing the Commission’s aggressive crackdown on telemarketing fraud."Under the FTC’s stipulated final order, which was approved unanimously by the FTC on a 3-0 vote and to which the agency stated the defendants have agreed, the defendants will be banned from working in the extended automobile warranty and telemarketing industries in the future.It also imposed a monetary judgment of $6.5 million, which is partially suspended due to the inability of the defendants to pay.

Read more on fox29.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

Justin Bieber - Tori Kelly - Tori Kelly released from hospital, cause of health scare still unclear: report - nypost.com - Usa - Los Angeles
nypost.com
90%
390
Tori Kelly released from hospital, cause of health scare still unclear: report
left the hospital Monday, more than a week after developing “scary” blood clots in her legs and lungs, TMZ reports.The “Paper Hearts” singer, 30, was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to recover at home, unidentified sources told the outlet.The Post reached out to Kelly’s representatives for comment.TMZ reported doctors are still not sure what caused the blood clots that prompted Kelly to be rushed to the hospital in “really serious” condition after collapsing at dinner with friends on July 23.Sources had said the singer was “out for awhile” before being taken to Cedars-Sinai in her own car rather than by ambulance.Kelly shared a note to fans last week on Instagram saying that she’s feeling “stronger,” but there “are still some things to uncover.”Although she’s “heartbroken,” as she was meant to be releasing her EP, her health must come first.Kelly’s husband, André Murillo, also took to Instagram to thank fans for their concern and well wishes.He shared an Instagram Story that consisted of a black screen along with lyrics from Justin Bieber’s wistful song “Where Do I Fit In,” which features vocals by Kelly.“When I’m all alone and fear is all I see / Sitting in the silence with these insecurities / It’s then you remind me, you’re holding me tight / And you love me completely, you’re always by my side.”Bieber then chimes in, “And you say to me,” to which Kelly responds, “It’ll be alright.”A post shared by tori kelly (@torikelly)He updated fans the following day on her condition.“Tori is smiling again and feeling stronger,” Murillo, 33, wrote on his Instagram Story. “Not fully out of the woods but we see the sun.
DMCA