Four years after federal regulators shut down a debt relief operation that promised to help customers pay down credit card debt, but in reality only relieved customers of their cash, a man who worked for the scheme has been ordered to spend two years in prison and to refund $1.2 million to his victims.
The Department of Justice, along with the U.S. Postal Service, announced Monday that John Vartanian, 57, recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his part in operating the debt relief s…
Read the full article at: https://consumerist.com/2016/11/21/debt-relief-scammer-will-spend-two-years-in-prison-pay-1-2m-in-refunds/