OBR Minute: 9/27/10 – Timeshare scams
Posted on September 27, 2010. Filed under: OBR Minutes | Tags: arrest, business, calling, calls, cease, cease and desist orders, desist, florida, Fort Lauderdale, illegal, law enforcement, law enforcement agency, Miami, officials, orders, ORLANDO, Power house, Powerhouse, Powerhouse USA, scam, scams, share, St. Petersburg, Tampa, telemarketers, telemarketing, time, time share, timeshare, timeshare scams |
Several Florida law enforcement agencies announced a statewide crackdown on telemarketing operations by those peddling timeshare units resulted in four arrests, 137 cease and desist orders and some $125,000 in fines.
Sept. 13-17, state agents went out across Florida and visited 67 telemarketing operations in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa.
Officials found several cases of unregistered business, unlicensed salespeople, and two employees who had outstanding arrest warrants.
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