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Defendant Agrees to Settle Cramming Charges With FTC

A defendant who the Federal Trade Commission says was involved in a landline cramming operation settled FTC charges against him, an agency news release said. Under the agreement, Nathan Sann will be banned from placing charges of any kind on…

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customers’ phone bills, and will be prohibited from billing consumers without their authorization, the Wednesday release said. The FTC had charged in a complaint that American eVoice, eight other companies, Sann and three other people were placing charges ranging from $9.95 to $24.95 per month on consumers’ landline phone bills for voicemail services they never signed up for and never even knew they had, the release said (see 1301230059). The case against the other entities and individuals allegedly involved in the scheme is ongoing, the FTC said.