The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California o...
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Inc21 to halt illegal practices that added unauthorized charges to the telephone bills of thousands of consumers and small businesses. The Federal Trade Commission charged the Internet services…
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company with using third-party billing aggregators to place charges on phone bills, the FTC said in a release. They hired off-shore telemarketers “who offered a free trial without explaining that customers would have to take certain steps to avoid charges.” The scam amassed about $19 million between 2004 and 2009, the FTC said. District Judge William Alsup issued a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. The FTC said it plans to ask the court for a permanent halt and an order forcing “the defendants to give up their ill-gotten gains.”