Electronic Payment Systems, LLC, a limited liability company, d/b/a EPS,
Electronic Payment Transfer, LLC, a limited liability company, d/b/a EPS,
John Dorsey, individually and as an officer of Electronic Payment Systems, LLC and Electronic Payment Transfer, LLC, and
Thomas McCann, individually and as an officer of Electronic Payment Systems, LLC and Electronic Payment Transfer, LLC.
Case Summary
The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint against Electronic Payment Systems and its owners, John Dorsey and Thomas McCann, for allegedly opening credit card processing merchant accounts for fictitious companies on behalf of Money Now Funding, a business opportunity scam that the FTC previously sued. By ignoring warning signs that the merchants were fake, Electronic Payment Systems assisted Money Now Funding in laundering millions of dollars of consumers’ credit card payments to the scammers from 2012 to 2013.
In a consent agreement settling the matter, which the FTC has accepted for public comment, Electronic Payment Systems and its owners have agreed to restrictions on the merchants for whom they can provide credit card payment processing services, as well as additional merchant screening and monitoring requirements. The FTC is not able to obtain a monetary judgment in this case because of the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Management v. FTC.