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Pretexting: Enforcement

Cases

The Commission has brought the following cases against companies and individuals that allegedly used false pretenses to obtain consumers' personal financial information, and/or knowingly solicited others to do so:

3/22/04
Zachary Keith Hill (United States District Court Southern District of Texas) 1/7/04
Sun Spectrum Communications Organization, Inc., et al. (Southern District of Florida) 7/21/03
C.J. (Central District of California)
  • Complaint [PDF]
  • Attachment B [PDF]
  • Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction [PDF]
  • Press Release (7/21/03)
3/20/03
30 Minute Mortgage, Inc., Gregory P. Roth, and Peter W. Stolz (Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division)
  • Complaint [PDF]
  • Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order [PDF]
  • Stipulated Order of Preliminary Injunction [PDF]
  • Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief as to Defendant Peter W. Stolz [PDF]
  • Final Default Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief as to Defendant 30 Minute Mortgage Inc. [PDF]
  • Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief as to Defendant Gregory P. Roth [PDF]
  • Press Release (12/9/03)
  • Press Release (3/20/03)
2/27/03
Assail, Inc., et al. (Western District of Texas, Waco Division)
  • Complaint [PDF]
  • Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order [PDF]
  • Stipulated Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Brian Schofield, Infinium, Inc., and Market-Rep.com, Inc. [PDF]
  • Stipulated Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Specialty Outsourcing Solutions, LTD., Jay Lankford, and Lee Murphy [PDF]
  • Preliminary Injunction Order as to Assail, Inc., Kyle Kimoto, Cliff Dunn, Mike Henriksen, Summit Communications International, Inc. D/B/A Advantage Capital, Matthew Ho, Capital First Benefits Inc., Ben Lee, Premier One Benefits [PDF]
  • Press Release (2/27/03)
11/13/02
Global Mortgage Funding, Inc., et al. (Central District of California, Southern Division) 7/18/02
Corporate Marketing Solutions, Inc., et al. (District of Arizona) 3/8/02
Paula L. Garrett, d/b/a Discreet Data Systems (Eastern District of New York) 3/8/02
Victor L. Guzzetta, d/b/a Smart Data Systems 3/8/02
Information Search, Inc., and David Kacala (Eastern District of New York) 6/27/00
James J. and Regana L. Rapp and Touch Tone Information, Inc. (District of Colorado)
(an anti-pretexting enforcement action filed before the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was enacted; based on Section 5 of the FTC Act)

Closing Letters

The staff has issued the following public letters closing investigations related to pretexting:

3/3/04
Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, File No. 032 3021[PDF]

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