The Federal Trade Commission has levied judgments of nearly $16 million against five unrelated firms accused of bilking Hispanic consumers. The scams used a variety of direct response mediums, including television, telemarketing and the Internet.
The biggest of the five cases required Call Center Express corp. and Pro Line Card LLC, along with Edgar Alirio Gonzalez, Pablo Jose Martinez, and Carlos Felipe Mendez to pay nearly $14 million in consumer redress. The defendants used Spanish-language DRTV commercials offering major credit cards for between $149 and $299.
Consumers ordering the cards found they could only be used to purchase goods from the defendants
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