FTC settlement with the e-commerce sites Classic Closeouts
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 morning news, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "FTC") and e-commerce sites Classic Closeouts settlement, which has been accused of illegally charged to the user cost of millions of dollars .
under the FTC and the Classic Closeouts, Classiccloseouts.com their owners Daniel Greenberg (Daniel Greenberg) reached a settlement agreement, Mr. Greenberg may not have any credit or debit card processing business users of the Internet enterprise, nor to provide advisory services to such enterprises. In addition, he also need to pay $ 2,080,000 in damages. However, as Greenberg has just filed for bankruptcy, the funds will be temporarily charged.
2009 年, FTC sued Classic Closeouts, Greenberg and several other people, that they illegally charged to the user. Classiccloseouts.com sale of various commodities, but the FTC said the site without the user permission for an extra fee, the amount of each range between 59.99 to 79.99 U.S. dollars.
When the user aware of these strange charges, trying to contact the site, they did not receive any response. Many users had a dispute with the bank; But sometimes, the site will be lied to, a user has selected to join the shopping club's Classic Closeouts, these fees are not a problem.
2009 年 6 months, the court held a hearing and a temporary ban Classic Closeouts mentioned FTC to continue the business. Currently, Classiccloseouts.com is offline. (Yan Fei)
