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Article: FTC'S AMERIDEBT LAWSUIT RESOLVED: ALMOST $13 MILLION RETURNED TO 287,000 CONSUMERS HARMED BY DEBT MANAGEMENT SCAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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The Federal Trade Commission issued the following press release:
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the agency returned approximately $12.7 million to consumers this week from a settlement with Andris Pukke and his companies, AmeriDebt, Inc. and DebtWorks, Inc. This consumer redress concludes the largest credit counseling/debt management deception case brought by the FTC. In addition, more than $7 million will be returned to consumers as a result of class-action settlements with the defendants and related credit counseling agencies.
Using the defendants' records, about 287,000 AmeriDebt consumers have been mailed redress checks. The FTC and individual consumers alleged that ...