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EASY MONEY – Process credit cards

A retiree from Villa Ridge, MO told the BBB that “a telemarketer representing US Business Assistance first contacted him after he inquired about work-at-home programs on the Internet several months ago. Soon after, a salesman claiming to represent JMC Services outlined a plan to sell him a list of several hundred business leads containing the names of firms that had expressed an interest in changing their credit card processing companies. The retiree said the salesman told him that he would get 1 to 2 percent of each new credit card sale processed if the businesses agreed to change plans.

The retiree said the salesman told him other companies would pursue the leads and lock down the sales. They told him he would not have to do anything. The retiree also said salesmen offered him so-called “guaranteed merchant accounts” that had already been sold and that would provide additional sources of income.

He said he paid several thousand dollars more for an Internet marketing program that was supposed to generate even more credit card leads.”

The scheme allegedly cheated U.S. and Canadian consumers out of more than $6 million.

Merchant underwriters might want to watch for any of the below names to appear as applicants.

2:13-mc-00367 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. MONEY NOW FUNDING, LLC et al
Date filed: 08/23/2013
Date of last filing: 08/23/2013

Case Summary
Office: Pittsburgh Filed: 08/23/2013
Jury Demand: Demand:
Nature of Suit: Cause:
Jurisdiction: Disposition:
County: Terminated:
Origin: Reopened:
Lead Case: None
Related Case: None Other Court Case: CV 13-01583[USDC District of Arizona]
Defendant Custody Status:

Plaintiff: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION represented by Rhonda Perkins
Phone: (202) 326-3222
Email: rperkins@ftc.gov
Defendant: MONEY NOW FUNDING, LLC
Defendant: ROSE MARKETING, LLC
Defendant: DEPAOLA MARKETING, LLC
Defendant: AFFILIATE MARKETING GROUP, LLC
Defendant: LEGAL DOXS, LLC
Defendant: US DOC ASSIST, LLC
Defendant: AFFINITY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Defendant: MARKETING EXPERT SOLUTIONS, LLC
Defendant: LUKEROY K. ROSE
Defendant: CORDELL BESS
Defendant: SOLANA DEPAOLA
Defendant: JENNIFER BECKMAN
Defendant: WILLIAM D. CLASPELL
Defendant: RICHARD FROST
Defendant: DINO MITCHELL
Defendant: CLINTON RACKLEY
Defendant: LANCE HIMES
Defendant: LEARY DARLING
Defendant: DONNA F. DUCKETT
Defendant: DELLA FROST
Defendant: CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Defendant: ALANNAH M. HARRE
Defendant: RONALD W. HOBBS
Defendant: JANINE LILLY
Defendant: MICHAEL MCINTYRE
Defendant: BENNY MONTGOMERY
Defendant: VIRGINIA RIOS
Defendant: KENDRICK THOMAS