The FTC alleges that numerous for the customers the defendants contacted had inquired of a payday loan on the web at onetime.

In the demand of this Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. region court has halted a Georgia-based procedure from utilizing deception and threats to gather $3.5 million in phantom payday loan “debts” that customers don’t owe. The court had formerly bought the defendants’ assets frozen to protect the chance that they may be utilized to give redress to consumers, and appointed a receiver.

John Williams, as well as 2 businesses he controls — Williams, Scott & Associates, LLC and WSA, LLC — utilized a number of false threats to bully customers nationwide into having to pay expected cash advance debts, the FTC charged. Continue reading →