FTC: Telemarketing scam aimed at seniors halted

Judge freezes assets of defendants, accused of stealing millions The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has moved to close down a multi-million dollar telemarketing fraud that targeted U.S. seniors across the nation, scamming tens of thousands of consumers. On March 18, U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, a former Chester County Court jurist, issued a temporary order to halt the scam, an FTC news release...