Tag: Federal Trade Commission
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Broward Sheriff Tony received $65,000 from opioid training firm, then urged state funding for its program
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony was paid $65,000 last year by a for-profit opioid training company led by a Boca Raton man who ran a telemarketing scam that bilked millions from people who were told they were donating to police, firefighter, veterans and cancer research charities. -
Miami Beach company’s ads promising patients a ‘dream body’ with minimal risk get little scrutiny
By Fred Schulte
KFF Health News
Lenia Watson-Burton, a 37-year-old U.S. Navy administrator, expected that cosmetic surgery would get rid of stubborn fat quickly and easily — just as the web advertising promised. Instead, she died three days later. -
Huge debt-relief fraud in Pompano Beach bilks $70 million from thousands of victims
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
In a debt-relief scheme that affected about 15,000 people across the country, three telemarketing executives headquartered in Pompano Beach and using a branch in Panama bilked victims out of an estimated $70 million, authorities say. -
‘We are a law firm’: How telemarketers sold false hope to homeowners struggling to pay mortgages
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
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