FTC, Nevada Will Require Tax-Relief Scammers to Pay Cash and Turn Over Assets Worth Nearly $10 Million to Settle Charges They Misled Consumers about Tax-Relief Services

What happened

According to Federal Trade Commission’s press release item, FTC, Nevada Will Require Tax-Relief Scammers to Pay Cash and Turn Over Assets Worth Nearly $10 Million to Settle Charges They Misled Consumers about Tax-Relief Services, Settlement bans individual defendants from debt relief services, tax preparation services, telemarketing and impersonation The operators of a tax debt relief scheme will surrender over $8 million in cash and turn over additional assets to settle the Federal Trade Commission and State of Nevada’s charges that the defendants pocketed millions from consumers by impersonating federal and state government tax authorities and promising tax debt relief. View Press Release

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Primary source: FTC, Nevada Will Require Tax-Relief Scammers to Pay Cash and Turn Over Assets Worth Nearly $10 Million to Settle Charges They Misled Consumers about Tax-Relief Services via Federal Trade Commission. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.