Court Halts Alleged Fake Debt Collector Calls from India, Grants FTC Request to Stop Defendants Who Posed as Law Enforcers

SUMMARY AND COMMENT: FTC files action to stop California man from operating a scheme where callers allegedly posed as law enforcement officers to collect on bogus debts. Have allegedly more than $5.2 million from consumers before the FTC stopped scheme.

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