A U.S. district court in Chicago has halted the operation of Canadian telemarketers who illegally marketed lottery tickets to senior citizens in the U.S.
The court barred the defendants from selling tickets, chances, or any foreign lottery chances to U.S. residents and ordered an asset freeze to preserve funds for consumer redress, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which asked the court to shut down the operation pending a trial.
On Sept. 30, the FTC charged that a group of related companies operated by six Canadians were running telemarketing boiler rooms targeting seniors in an illegal foreign lottery scheme.
The defendants are World Media Brokers Inc., (also known as 913062 Ontario Inc.,) 1165107 Ontario Inc., (also doing business as Canadian Catalogue, Canadian Catalogue Services, CCS, and Interwin Marketing), Faby Games Inc., (also known as1106759 Ontario Inc., and also doing business as Canadian Catalogue Services and CCS, 624654 Ontario Limited, Express Sales, Express Marketing Services, EMS and First Telegroup Marketing), 637736 Ontario Limited, (doing business as Express Marketing Services and EMS), 537721 Ontario Inc., (also doing business as Canadian Express Club), Express Marketing Services Ltd., (also doing business as EMS, Cash & Prizes, Inc.), Intermarketing Services, Inc., George Yemec, Anita Rapp, Steven Rapp, Paul Teskey, Jean-Paul Teskey, and Dean Temple.
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