The FTC settled with a marketer that made “bogus promises of...
The FTC settled with a marketer that made “bogus promises of nonexistent sales jobs” to desperate job searchers through job boards such as CareerBuilder.com and through telemarketers, the agency said Tuesday. The commission alleged National Sales Group and others charged…
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fees to job searchers for “background checks and other services” in order to be considered for Fortune 1000 jobs, sometimes “taking $97 from consumers who agreed to pay $29 or $38,” and in other cases charging them recurring monthly fees of $13.71 or more. The U.S. District Court in Chicago halted the operation and froze the defendants’ assets a year ago. The proposed order (http://xrl.us/bmqcto), which must be approved by the court, would bar Anthony Newton, National Sales Group and I Life Marketing, also doing business as Executive Sales Network and Certified Sales Jobs, from selling employment products or services. Along with co-defendant Jeremy Cooley, they're permanently prohibited from “misrepresenting material facts about any product or service” or violating the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, including by billing consumers without consent and not “clearly and promptly” disclosing the seller’s identity and purpose, the FTC said. Newton must pay $279,000, end a lease on a Mercedes-Benz car and surrender his interest in a California home, under the order. The suspended judgment of $13 million will be imposed if it’s found the defendants misrepresented their financial condition, the agency said.