Media Advisory
FTC and Illinois Attorney General To Announce Complaint in Locally-Based Telemarketing and Credit Card Offer Scam
Consumers Nationwide Allegedly Defrauded of Millions of Dollars
The Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Illinois will host a press conference on Monday, November 26, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. CST at FTC Regional Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, to announce the filing of a joint complaint against a Schaumburg, Illinois company for allegedly operating a massive telemarketing and credit card fraud scheme. The defendants' actions, which are believed to have cost consumers nationwide millions of dollars, allegedly continued after the Federal Bureau of Investigation served the company with a search warrant earlier this year. Representatives of both the FTC and the Illinois Attorney General's Office will be available at the press conference to answer questions regarding this law enforcement action.
| WHAT: | A Telemarketing and Credit Card Fraud Scheme Complaint Announcement |
| WHEN: | Monday, November 26, 2001 11:00 a.m. CST |
| WHO: | C. Steven Baker FTC Midwest Region Office Patricia Kelly Illinois Attorney General's Office A Consumer Victim and a Former Company Employee (invited) |
| WHERE: | Federal Trade Commission Regional Headquarters 55 E. Monroe Suite 1860 Chicago, Illinois 312-960-5634 |
| CONTACT: | Cathy MacFarlane FTC Office of Public Affairs 202-326-3657 John Hallerud FTC Midwest Region Office 312-960-5615 |