| In this bulletin: - FTC Halts Scheme that Falsely Claimed to Offer Unlimited Inmate Calling Plans
- FTC has no time for allegedly deceptive "unlimited minutes" claims
- Updated Coronavirus (COVID-19) consumer complaint data
FTC Halts Scheme that Falsely Claimed to Offer Unlimited Inmate Calling Plans At the request of the FTC, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order against Marc and Courtney Grisham and two companies they operate, Disruption Theory LLC and Emergent Technologies LLC, which do business as inmatecall.com and inmatecallsolutions.com. Read more
FTC has no time for allegedly deceptive "unlimited minutes" claims "UNLIMITED Minutes." "UNLIMITED TALK." "'UNLIMITED MINUTES' We do not charge 'per-minute'." Those are notable claims for anyone shopping for telecom services, including consumers who want to maintain family ties with relatives who are incarcerated. But according to an FTC lawsuit, two companies and two individuals bilked unsuspecting parents, spouses, children, and other loved ones out of more than $1 million by selling them misleading "unlimited" inmate calling plans. Read more
Updated Coronavirus (COVID-19) consumer complaint data Today, the FTC published its latest edition of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Consumer Complaint Data on its FTC COVID-19 and Stimulus Reports dashboard. Select a state from the map on the dashboard to view data by state. As of October 15, 2020: - 223,995 Overall Reports
- $160.75M Total Fraud Loss
- $303 Median Fraud Loss
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