Consumer Redress Actions1
Consumer Protection Mission

Consumer Protection Mission (Summary)

Title2, 3 Number Action Date Type of Matter Product/Service
(American Fortune 900, Inc.)
Rory Cypers
X960011 08/07/96 Investment Fraud 900-Number Telephone Lines
Caribbean Clear, Inc. X920041 08/22/96 Order Violation Swimming Pool Disinfectant System
Chase McNulty Group, Inc. X950035 01/31/96 Investment Fraud Wireless Communications Technology ­ Interactive Video and Data Service
Consumer Credit Advocates, P.C. X960039 03/20/96 Credit Report Fraud Internet Credit Repair
Credit Doctor X960037 04/10/96 Telemarketing Sales Rule Credit Repair
Desert Financial Group, Inc.
Keith Parker
X960007 04/29/96 Telemarketing Fraud Prize Promotion "Recovery Room"
Fraud Action Network System (FANS), Inc. X960023 07/30/96 Telemarketing Sales Rule Prize Promotion "Recovery Room"
Freedom Medical, Inc. X950041 01/05/96 Telemarketing Fraud Medical Equipment and Health Insurance
Fresh-O-Matic Corporation X960015 02/23/96 Franchise Rule Vending Machine Business Opportunity
Global Development Services, Inc. X960114 07/27/96 Investment Fraud Invention Promotion
Hang-Ups Art Enterprises, Inc. X950014 01/29/96 Investment Fraud Art Prints
Independence Medical, Inc. X950043 09/19/96 Telemarketing Fraud Medical Equipment and Health Insurance
(International Charity Consultants, Inc.)
AWARE
X940028 04/03/96 Telemarketing Fraud Telephone Prize- Promotion Charitable Solicitation
International Computer Concepts, Inc. X940071 10/24/95 Franchise Rule Display Rack Business Opportunity
Mackie Services, Inc. X950046 02/12/96 Franchise Rule Display Rack Business Opportunity
Motion Medical, Inc. X950042 05/20/96 Telemarketing Fraud Medical Equipment and Health Insurance
MTK Marketing, Inc.
Intel Marketing
Dennis Connelly
Erick Graziano
X960049
X960049
X960049
X960049
09/18/96
08/08/96
08/08/96
08/08/96
Telemarketing Fraud Office Supplies
National Bureau of Credit, Inc.
(Johnny Ray Dunn, d/b/a)
X960070 08/08/96 Telemarketing Sales Rule and Advance-Fee Loan Fraud Consumer Finance
Nishika, Ltd. X950016 04/16/96 Telemarketing Fraud Camera Prize Promotion
North American Supply, Inc.
Larry Ellis
X950055
X950055
11/22/95
11/22/95
Telemarketing Fraud Office Supplies
On Line Communications, Inc.
Richard Basile
X960022 07/19/96 Telemarketing Fraud and Investment Fraud Paging License Services
Orion Products Corporation X960095 07/19/96 Franchise Rule Vending Machine Business Opportunity
Public Telco Corporation X950064 10/04/95 Franchise Rule Pay Telephone Business Opportunity
Research Awards Center, Inc.
Fernando "Tom" Alvarez
X950033 02/29/96 Telemarketing Fraud Sweepstakes/Prize Promotions
Satellite Broadcasting Corporation
PAL Financial Services, Inc.
Allan Wells
X950034

X950034
X950034
01/19/96

01/19/96
01/19/96
Investment Fraud Satellite Television Broadcasting Services
(Second Income, Inc.)
Alan Rosofsky
M. David Silverman

X950073
X950073

11/27/95
11/27/95
Franchise Rule Vending Machine Business Opportunities
Southeast Necessities Company, Inc. X940075 10/06/95 Franchise Rule Display Rack Business Opportunity
(Telecommunications of America, Inc.)
Stephen Jonathan Burns
Barry Taylor


X950050
X950050


03/14/96
03/14/96
Franchise Rule Pay Telephone Business Opportunity
Total Care, Inc. X960012 09/23/96 Telemarketing Fraud Prize Promotion
U.S. Telemedia, Inc. X960051 09/24/96 Mail/Telephone Order Merchandise Rule Internet Computer Memory Chips
United Consumer Services, Inc. X940080 05/21/96 Telemarketing Fraud Telemarketing Fraud "Recovery Room"
United Wholesalers, Inc. X950004 01/16/96 Telemarketing Fraud Business Supplies
USM Corporation, d/b/a Senior Citizens Against Telemarketing (SCAT) X950067 01/23/96 Telemarketing Fraud Telemarketing Fraud "Recovery Room"
Windward Marketing, Ltd.
Crestwood Enterprises, Inc.
Matthew Corbitt Mizell, Jr.

X960026
X960026

06/26/96
06/26/96
Telemarketing Fraud Magazine Subscription Prize Promotion
(Wolf Group)
Marvin Wolf
X940029 01/31/96 Franchise Rule Vending Machine Business Opportunity

1The consumer redress amounts included in the following case descriptions have been ordered by the court and may be higher than the amounts collected and returned to consumers.
2A company name shown in parentheses is for identification of the case only; the company is not a defendant in the item shown in the table.
3Redress or disgorgement funds were also obtained in the following administrative orders:

Azrak-Hamway International, Inc.
Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.
Dannon Company, Inc., The
Ivory Jack's Trading Company, Inc.
National Dietary Research, Inc.
Third Option Laboratories, Inc.
Zygon International, Inc.

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