The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday (Dec. 9) that at its request, a federal court halted and froze the assets of the operators of a scheme that allegedly bilked student loan borrowers while pretending to be affiliated with the Department of Education.
In response to the FTC’s complaint against Nevada-based Superior Servicing and its operator Dennise Merdjanian, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada entered a temporary restraining order on Nov. 22 and a preliminary injunction against Superior Servicing on Friday (Dec. 6), the FTC said in a Monday press release.
The FTC charged that the defendants violated the Impersonation Rule, the FTC Act’s prohibition on deceptive marketing, the Telemarketing Sales…
