FTC Says Credit Card Interest Relief Scam Is Shut Down

摘要

A federal judge in Chicago granted a request by the FTC to shut down what the commission ncalled a robocall scam operating in Canada and the U.S. The FTC had alleged that the group nused at least 10 company names, including AFL Financial Services. Callers are accused of nhaving told random consumers that the interest rates on their credit cards would be lowered ndramatically for $995. The organizers, who lived in Toronto and Rochester, N.Y., ran two n“boiler rooms” in Orlando, Fla., the FTC said.