The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained a favorable court ruling in its case against multiple student debt relief scam operators.
According to the FTC, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a final judgment banning the defendants from telemarketing or providing debt relief services.
The corporate defendants in the case included Elegant Solutions, Inc., Trend Capital Ltd., Dark Island Industries, Inc., Heritage Asset Management, Inc., and Tribune Management, Inc. The individual defendants included Mazen Radwan, Rima Radwan, Labiba Velazquez, and Dean Robbins.
According to the FTC, the defendants were doing business as Federal Direct Group, Mission Hills Federal, The Student Loan Group, and National Secure Processing.
The Court found that the defendants falsely claimed to consumers that their loans would be forgiven or their payments would be reduced to a specific amount.
Additionally, the Court found that the student relief scam operators falsely told consumers that they would take over the servicing of their loans and apply most or all of their monthly payments to pay down their student loans.
