United States - Record Penalty in an FTC Consumer Protection Case

The operators of a telemarketing scheme will pay a record $18.8 million and leave the charitable donation business to settle charges that they violated an FTC order. According to the FTC, Civic Development Group, LLC, CDG Management, LLC, and owners Scott Pasch and David Keezer tricked people into thinking that they were donating directly to legitimate charities serving people, firefighters and veterans, when only a small percentage of the donations actually went to the charities. The civil penalty is the largest ever in an FTC consumer protection case.

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