Legal Opinion
Federal Trade Commission v. Ameridebt, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 24, 2004No. CIV.A.PJM 03-3317PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MESSITTE, District Judge.
I
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued AmeriDebt, Inc., DebtWorks, Inc. and Andris Pukke for misrepresentations and deceptive omissions under the Federal Trade Commission Act. It has also sued AmeriDebt for violations of the disclosure requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The FTC alleges that Defendants, operating under the guise of a non-profit credit counseling service, have defrauded consumers with debt problems by offering to fashion debt repayment plans for them, then deducting for their own benefit payments the consumers made under the…
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Federal Trade Commission v. Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
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