Article: SUNTASIA MARKETING DEFENDANTS PAY MORE THAN $16 MILLION TO SETTLE FTC CHARGES

The Federal Trade Commission issued the following press release:

Fourteen defendants involved in the massive telemarketing scheme operated by Largo, Florida-based Suntasia Marketing, Inc. have agreed to pay a total of more than $16 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. The funds obtained under the four settlements announced today are in addition to approximately $33 million that will be provided to Suntasia victims as part of a previously announced settlement between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Wachovia Bank, N.A., which allegedly processed thousands of unauthorized demand drafts on Suntasia's behalf. Together, the FTC and OCC settlements will ...

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