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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Adept Management, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Anchor Publishing Group, Inc., a New York corporation; Associated Publishers Networks, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Atlas Business Consulting LLC, an Oregon limited liability company,; Clarity Group, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Consolidated Publishers Exchange, Inc., an Oregon corporation, also doing business as Premier Subscription Services and Processing Express Solutions; Crown Resource Management LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; Customer Access Services, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Express Publishers Services, Inc., an Oregon corporation also doing business as Associated Billing Service, Associated Periodical Network, Associated Publishers Readership, Billing Services of Circulation, Circulation Billing Marketplace, Circulation Network Services, Global Billing Service, Lakeshore Publishers Billing, Magazine Billing Network, Magazine Distribution Marketplace, Magazine Payment Processing, National Magazine Marketplace, National Magazine Network, Publication Network Services, Publishers Billing Marketplace, Publishers Distribution Network, Publishers Magazine Service, Readers Magazine Services, Readers Payment Network, Subscription Billing Agency, Subscription Billing Network, United Billing Service, and United Publishers Agency; HCG, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Henry Cricket Group, LLC, a New York limited liability company; Hoyal & Associates, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Liberty Publishers Service, Inc., a New York corporation, also doing business as Allied Publishing Services, American Consumer Publishers Association, Associated Publishers Services, Billing Services of America, Bradford Publishing Service, Circulation Billing Services, Global Publishers Center, Lake Shore Publishers Service, Magazine Billing Services, Magazine Distribution Service, Magazine Payment Services, Magazine Subscriber Services, Magazine Subscriptions Center, National Magazine Services, Periodical Billing Services, Platinum Subscription Service, Publication Service Networks, Publishers Access Services, Publishers Billing Exchange, Publishers Billing Services, Publishers Consolidated Subscription Services, Publishers Distribution Center, Publishers Education Services, Publishers Magazine Billing, Publishers Magazine Payment, Publishers Marketplace Services, Publishers Network Exchange, Publishers Payment Services, Publishers Periodical Service, Publishers Processing Service, Publishers Services Exchange, Readers Billing Services, Readers Payment Service, Seascape Publishers Network, SLO Call Center, Subscription Billing Service, Subscription Payment Exchange, Subscription Payment Services, and United Publishers Services; Magazine Clearing Exchange, Inc., an Oregon Corporation; Magazine Link, Inc., an Oregon Corporation; Maximillian, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, also doing business as Maxmillian, Inc.; North West Data Services LLC, an Oregon limited liability company; PPP Magazines, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Publishers Payment Processing, Inc., a New York corporation; Publishers Payment Processing, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Reality Kats, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company; Specialties, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Subscription House Agency, Inc., an Oregon corporation; United Publishers Exchange, Inc., a Nevada Corporation also doing business as Associated Publishers Network, Circulation Billing Network, Magazine Billing Associates, Premier Subscription Network, Publishers Billing Network and Publishers Magazine Exchange; Wineoceros Wine Club, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Linda Babb, individually and as an officer of Anchor Publishing Group, Inc.; Shannon Bacon, also known as Shannon Balero and Shannon Gordon, individually and as an officer of Clarity Group, Inc., Consolidated Publishers Exchange, Inc., PPP Magazines, Inc., Specialties, Inc. and Subscription House Agency, Inc.; Jeffrey Hoyal, individually and as an officer of Hoyal & Associates, Inc.; Lori Hoyal, individually and as an officer of Hoyal & Associates, Inc.; Colleen Kaylor, individually and as an officer of Customer Access Services, Inc., Magazine Clearing Exchange, Inc., and Magazine Link, Inc.; Laura Lovrien, also known as Laura Babb, individually and as an officer of Atlas Business Consulting LLC, Liberty Publishers Service, Inc., North West Data Services LLC, and United Publishers Exchange, Inc.; Noel Parducci, also known as Noel Littlefield and Noelle Littlefield, individually and as an officer Of HCG Inc., Henry Cricket Group, LLC, Maximillian, Inc., Publishers Payment Processing, Inc., Reality Kats, LLC, and Wineoceros Wine Club, Inc.; Lydia Pugsley, also known as Lydia Babb, individually and as an officer of Adept Management, Inc. and Crown Resource Management; Dennis Simpson, individually and as an officer of Reality Kats LLC; William Strickler, individually and as an officer of Express Publishers Service, Inc. and Wineoceros Wine Club, Inc., Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
152 3035
Civil Action Number
1:16-cv-00720
Â鶹´«Ã½ Type
Â鶹´«Ã½ Injunctions
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
District of Oregon

Case Summary

The operators of a deceptive newspaper subscriptions scheme are permanently banned from the direct mail marketing business under a federal court order obtained by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission.