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James D. Noland, Jr. (Success by Health)
A federal court granted the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s request to temporarily shut down an alleged pyramid scheme known as “Success By Health,†and to freeze the assets of the company and its executives.
In May 2023, a federal court sided with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, ruling that James D. Noland, Jr. illegally owned and operated two pyramid schemes—Success By Health (SBH) and VOZ Travel—in violation of the FTC Act and that Noland violated a previous federal court order barring him from pyramid schemes and from misrepresenting multilevel marketing participants’ income potential.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court Finds James D. ‘Jay’ Noland, Jr., Operator of ‘Success By Health’ and ‘VOZ Travel,’ in Contempt of Court Order Barring Pyramid Schemes
FTC, Wisconsin Attorney General Take Action Against Timeshare Exit Scammers for Cheating Consumers Out of $90 Million
Lambert, Daniel
FTC Sending Refund Checks for Nearly $2.7 Million to Consumers Defrauded in Timeshare Resale Scheme
J. William Enterprises, LLC
The FTC’s December 2016 complaint alleged that between 2011 and 2016 the defendants called timeshare property owners falsely claiming that they had a buyer or renter ready to buy or rent their properties for a specified price, or making false promises to sell the timeshares quickly. A May 2018 settlement order permanently banned the defendants from timeshare resale services and telemarketing and required them to surrender approximately $3.4 million worth of assets to the Commission. On October 10, 2019, the FTC mailed 8,088 refund checks totaling nearly $2.7 million to consumers defrauded by the scheme.
Shore to Please Vacations LLC, In the Matter of
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission finalized five separate proposed administrative complaints and orders enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which prohibits businesses from using form contract provisions that bar consumers from writing or posting negative reviews online, or threatening them with legal action if they do. These are the first five Commission actions exclusively focused on enforcing the CRFA, with the complaints filed against: 1) A Waldron HVAC, LLC and its owner, Thomas J. Waldron; 2) National Floors Direct, Inc. (NFD); 3) LVTR LLC (LTVR) and its owner, Tomi A. Truax; 4) Shore to Please Vacations LLC; and 5) Staffordshire Property Management, LLC. Each respondent agreed to separate final Commission orders barring them from using such non-disparagement clauses in form contracts for goods and services, and requiring them to notify consumers who signed such contracts that the prohibited text is not enforceable. The FTC sent two letters in response to public comments in the Staffordshire matter.
Staffordshire Property Management, LLC, In the Matter of
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission finalized five separate proposed administrative complaints and orders enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which prohibits businesses from using form contract provisions that bar consumers from writing or posting negative reviews online, or threatening them with legal action if they do. These are the first five Commission actions exclusively focused on enforcing the CRFA, with the complaints filed against: 1) A Waldron HVAC, LLC and its owner, Thomas J. Waldron; 2) National Floors Direct, Inc. (NFD); 3) LVTR LLC (LTVR) and its owner, Tomi A. Truax; 4) Shore to Please Vacations LLC; and 5) Staffordshire Property Management, LLC. Each respondent agreed to separate final Commission orders barring them from using such non-disparagement clauses in form contracts for goods and services, and requiring them to notify consumers who signed such contracts that the prohibited text is not enforceable. The FTC sent two letters in response to public comments in the Staffordshire matter.
FTC Announces Two Actions Enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act
Bartoli, Derek
FTC Warns Consumers about Vacation Rental Scams
Hotel Room Resellers Settle FTC Charges That They Misled Consumers
FTC Returns Money to Vacation Prize Scheme Victims
FTC Obtains Court Orders Banning Defendants From Selling Timeshare Resale Services
FTC and Dozens of Law Â鶹´«Ã½ Partners Halt Travel and Timeshare Resale Scams in Multinational Effort
FTC to Announce Multinational Effort to Stop Travel and Timeshare Resale Scams
Court Bans Operators of Allegedly Deceptive Timeshare Scheme From the Timeshare Business, Orders $6.3 Million Judgment
FTC Action Leads to Court Orders Banning Marketers from Selling Vacation Packages
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