Sellers of Prepaid Cards Accused of Scamming Poor Customers Out of Millions

摘要

The FCC proposed $20 million total in forfeitures by STi Telecom, Lyca Tel, Touch-Tel and nLocus over accusations of Communications Act violations from the use of deceptive marketing npractices to sell prepaid calling cards. The companies are accused of defrauding poor and nminority consumers of millions of dollars. The defendants made claims that calling card nbuyers could make hundreds of minutes worth of calls to foreign countries, though multiple nfees and surcharges significantly limited the actual number of minutes, the commission said.