Qchex’s Fraud-Enabling Biz Gets FTC Smackdown

Author: Donald Sears
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged those behind the shady online
check service Qchex with contempt, and wants daily fines imposed on
them until they give up the ghost. The group has launched a new site—a
Qchex clone—with the same questionable policies that made Qchex a
“dinner bell for fraudsters.” This has left the FTC fuming, and it
wants the site’s operators to quit helping criminals rip people off—now. Read the full article. [Ars Technica] Read the FTC complaint. 

The Federal Trade Commission has charged those behind the shady online
check service Qchex with contempt, and wants daily fines imposed on
them until they give up the ghost. The group has launched a new site—a
Qchex clone—with the same questionable policies that made Qchex a
“dinner bell for fraudsters.” This has left the FTC fuming, and it
wants the site’s operators to quit helping criminals rip people off—now. Read the full article. [Ars Technica] Read the FTC complaint. 

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