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Grant Scammer Ordered to Pay $1.7 Million to Victims

By Ash Saraga
Grant Scammer Ordered to Pay $1.7 Million to Victims

A woman who was accused of scamming 8,000 people who were led to believe that were eligible for federal grants, was ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.7 million to the victims. The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with the attorneys general of Kansas, North Carolina, Minnesota, and Illinois sued Meggie Chapman, who ran the Grant Writers scam. Chapman was responsible for running the call centers that were...

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Another Timeshare Scam Shut Down by FTC

By mitchlipka
Another Timeshare Scam Shut Down by FTC

It’s not an easy market to sell a timeshare, especially if you’ve got one in an area that’s a bit off the most beaten of paths. Combine that with a bad economy and the burden of monthly maintenance payments and you’ve got a motivated timeshare seller who is very vulnerable to a scam. The Federal Trade Commission today said it has shut down another telemarketing operation that schemed to...

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