At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into buying grossly overpriced household products such as garbage bags and light bulbs.
Named as defendants were George Thomas, Joshua Abramson and Bruce Peeples, according to the FTC.
The orders also contain a $13.4 million judgment against each individual defendant, representing the total amount of harm caused to consumers over the past three years, continued the Commission.
Most of this amount has been suspended based on defendants
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