On April 16, the FTC announced that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the operators of an alleged student loan debt relief scheme. According to the complaint, since at least February 2022, the operators allegedly cold-called consumers, thousands of whom were purportedly on the National Do Not Call Registry, and falsely claimed affiliation with the U.S. Department of Education or consumers’ actual loan servicers. The complaint alleges the operators used false promises of student loan forgiveness to induce consumers into paying upfront monthly fees as high as $1,400, collecting at least $8.8 million from consumers. In numerous instances, the operators…
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