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As of December 11, 2019, FTC File Matter / Case No. 3:19-CV-00055-GCM, The operators of a scheme that conned consumers into paying non-existent debts will be permanently banned from the debt collection business and from misleading consumers about debt in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC filed a complaint against Global Asset Financial Services Group, LLC in February, alleging that the operators of the company falsely claimed to be attorneys or affiliated with attorneys to pressure consumers into making payments on debts they did not owe, and threatened to take legal action against consumers if they did not pay.
In May, four of the defendants--Global Asset Financial Services Group, LLC, Ankh Ali, Aziza Ali, and Kenneth Moody--agreed to settle the charges against them. This week, the remaining defendants, Omar Hussain, David Carr, Jeremy Scinta, and nine companies controlled by the three men, also agreed to settle the charges against them.
In addition to being banned from debt collection, debt brokering activities, and misleading consumers, the defendants also will be banned from misrepresenting to consumers whether they are attorneys.
The settlements also include monetary judgments totaling approximately $25.5 million. Most of the judgments are suspended due to the defendants' inability to pay, except for a $3.1 million judgment against one of the defendants' companies, Regional Asset Maintenance, LLC. In addition, several of the defendants will have to surrender the contents of their bank accounts.
If the defendants whose monetary judgments have been suspended are found to have lied about their financial condition, the full amount of the judgments would immediately become due.
The Commission vote approving the stipulated final orders was 5-0. The FTC filed the proposed orders in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
15. Defendant Cedar Rose Holdings & Development, Inc. ("Cedar Rose") is a Florida corporation with its registered address and principal place of business at 11380 Prosperity Farms Rd, #221E, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Cedar Rose transacts or has transacted business in this district and throughout the United States.
York, New York. TACS III is 100% owned by Trans America. TACS III transacts or has transacted business in this district and throughout the United States.
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Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Telephone: (202) 326-2222
https://www.ftc.gov
LINK: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/12/operators-phantom-debt-scheme-permanently-banned-debt-collection?utm_source=govdelivery
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