| Office |
Defendant/Subject |
Type of Action |
Business Location |
Press Contact |
| East Central Region |
1st Beneficial Credit Services, LLC dba First Beneficial Credit Services Inc., and Viktor Golub aka Victor Golub dba Platinum Express |
advance fee credit card |
Delaware |
Mike Milgrom
Jon Steiger
(216) 263-3455 |
| Midwest Region |
Bay Area Business Council. Inc., Bay Area Service Corp., American Leisure Card Corp., Peter J. Porcelli, II, Christopher Tomasulo and Bonnie A. Harris |
advance fee credit card |
Florida |
Steve Baker
David O'Toole
(312) 560-5634 |
| Northeast Region |
Star Credit Services & James Shovak |
advance fee loan |
New York |
Barbara Anthony
Carole Paynter
(212) 607-2829 |
| Northwest Region |
Westcal Equipment, Inc. dba Pioneer First, PF Member Services, Inc., Robert Barr, Candace Rodriguez, Charles Schmidt & Wayne Wrath |
advance fee credit card |
Utah |
Eleanor Durham
(206) 220-4476 |
| Northwest Region |
Grant Search, Inc.; Steven G. Levine; Scott Stettniches: Grant Pac, Inc. and Sunday R. Levine |
advance fee grants |
Oregon
Missouri |
Mary Benfield
Nadine Samter
(206) 220-6350 |
| Southeast Region |
Premier Financial Services; International, Inc, First Financial Debt Consolidation & Scott Jason Kaduk |
advance fee credit card |
Florida |
Andrea Foster
Robin Rock
(404) 656-1390 |
| Southwest Region |
Brent Shivers, dba Credit Card Services & Destyni Enterprises |
advance fee credit card |
Texas |
David Griggs
Gary Kennedy
(214) 979-9350 |
| Western Region
Los Angeles |
Jubilee Financial Services, Inc.; Jabez Financial Group, Inc.; John E. Gustavsen and Curtis Cobb |
debt consolidation/debt negotiation |
California |
Tom Syta
Jennifer Larabee
(310) 824-4343 |
| Western Region San Francisco |
Tyme Lock 2000 Inc., dba United Family Services and USA Membership Services, Ruth R. Adams and Stella Aguilar |
advance fee credit card |
Nevada |
Jan Charter
(415) 848-5115 |
| Division of Marketing Practices |
Corporate Industries, Inc.; Harvey Slonicker, et al. |
advance fee credit card |
Arizona |
David Spiegel
(202) 326-3281
Michelle Chua
(202) 326-3248 |
| No. |
State Agency |
Defendant/Subject |
Type of Action |
Business Location |
Press Contact |
| 1 |
Arkansas Attorney General's Office |
Zybertour, William Fernandez, Kent Fernandez |
advance fee credit card |
Florida |
Jim Pitcock
(501) 682-0517 |
| 2 |
Connecticut Attorney General's Office |
Vital One Services |
advance fee credit card |
Connecticut |
Cindi MacAulay
(860) 808-5324 |
| 3 |
Connecticut Commissioner of Banking |
Berkshire Financial Solutions |
debt consolidation |
Florida |
David Tedeschi
(860) 240-8172 |
| 4 |
Florida Department of Banking & Finance |
APFG, Inc., Martha Elena Pino, Vianca Patricia Aguilar |
advance fee loan (criminal) |
Florida |
Joseph DiGennaro
(954) 712-4800 |
| 5 |
Florida Attorney General's Office |
J.T. Marketing Services, TerryCo International, Jose Terry |
advance fee credit card |
Florida |
Marta Moakley
(954) 712-4600 |
| 6 |
Indiana Attorney General's Office |
Tailor Funding |
credit repair |
Indiana |
Staci Schneider
(317) 232-6351 |
| 7 |
Montgomery County MD
Division of Consumer Affairs |
Alex Treschzanski, dba Financial Freedom of Washington |
credit counseling/debt |
Maryland |
Eric Friedman
(240) 777-3719 |
| 8 |
Maryland Attorney General's Office |
Omega Credit Restoration Services & Charles Brook |
credit repair |
Maryland |
Sean Caine
(410) 576-6357 |
| 9 |
Nevada Attorney General's Office |
Kelly Geib, dba National Consumer Credit |
Criminal sentencing credit repair |
Nevada |
Jane Femiano
(702) 486-3782 |
| 10 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
FNC Investments, Inc., Steven Golgolab, Mahmoud Karkehabadi |
advance fee loan |
California |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 11 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
JT Card Services, Jose Terry |
advance fee credit card (cease & desist) |
Florida |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 12 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
Bay Area Business Council, Inc.., Peter J. Porcelli, Jr. |
advance fee credit card |
Florida |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 13 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
Zybertour |
advance fee credit card (cease & desist) |
Florida |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 14 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
Archon Enterprises |
advance fee loan (cease & desist) |
Ontorio, Canada |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 15 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
American Gold Card |
advance fee loan (cease & desist) |
Quebec, Canada |
Noelle Taylor
(919) 716-6794 |
| 16 |
North Carolina Attorney General's Office |
Central Benefits |
advance fee credit card (cease & desist) |
Quebec, Canada |
|
| 17 |
Ohio Attorney General's Office |
Debticated Consumer Counseling |
debt counseling |
New York |
Stephanie Beougher
(614) 4663840 |
| 18 |
South Dakota Attorney General's Office |
Nexel, Inc. |
advance fee loan |
Florida
Canada |
Paul Cremer
(605) 773-3215 |
| 19 |
Utah Attorney General's Office |
National Credit Attorneys, dba Lexington Law Firm, dba Johnson Assoc. |
credit repair |
Utah |
Francine Giani
(801) 530-6601 |
| 20 |
Utah Attorney General's Office |
Liberty Legal |
credit repair |
Utah |
Francine Giani
(801) 530-6601 |
| 21 |
Utah Attorney General's Office |
Vincent, Wagner & Jones Credit Repair |
credit repair |
Utah |
Francine Giani
(801) 530-6601 |
| No. |
Federal Agency |
Defendant/Subject |
Type of Action |
Business Location |
Press Contact |
| 1 |
US Postal Inspection Service (Southeast Div.) |
Robert Ashley Farmer dba National Trust Service |
Criminal Indictment Fraudulent Investment Scheme |
Tennessee |
Molly McMinn (202) 268-5283 |
| 2 |
US Postal Inspection Service (Southern California Div.) |
Jamal Haqq dba Fair Credit Association aka Finanacial Consultants of America, aka United Credit Association of America |
Criminal Sentencing advance fee credit card |
California |
Molly McMinn (202) 268-5283 |
| 3 |
US Postal Inspection Service (Southeast Div.) |
Akron Capital Corp.
Peter Calley |
Cease & Desist advance fee loan |
Georgia
California
Washington |
Molly McMinn (202) 268-5283 |
| 4 |
US Postal Inspection Service (NY Metro Div.) |
Consumer Credit Support Credit Enhancement Services, LLC; Liberty Benefits, LLC; Titanium Blue |
Arrest of 7 individuals advance fee credit card |
New York |
Molly McMinn (202) 268-5283 |
| 5 |
US Postal Inspection Service (Midwest Div.) |
Barbara Libman, aka Blossom Libman dba Consumer Loan Source, Inc. |
Cease & Desist advance fee loan |
Montreal |
Molly McMinn (202) 268-5283 |
| 6 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Michael Smith |
Criminal Indictment advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
| 7 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Thomas Thornton |
Criminal Plea advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
| 8 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Nicki Swanson |
Criminal Plea advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
| 9 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Reno Boyd |
Criminal Plea advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
| 10 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Bertran Pearson |
Criminal Plea advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
| 11 |
US Attorney's Office
Spokane, WA |
Cory Benham |
Criminal Plea advance fee credit card |
Georgia |
Tom Hopkins
Penny Pass
(509) 353-2767 |
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