My Dealings with Memory Lane...GREAT read :/

grundle20 · #1 10-28-2012, 09:16 PM

And since I'm sitting around watching the WS, and just dinking around doing research, I thought you all would be interested in these as well. I know many of you know that this existed in the past, but maybe not in this detail:

Chronology of Cohen Telemarketing Scam 1987-2002
Description of Cohen Telemarketing Scam and Sentencing 2002
FTC Judgement Banning Cohen Telemarketing for Life
Cohen Court Injunction .pdf

I know I can't speak for anyone else and I only post this for pure fact-finding. But my last Buyer's Premium has gone to this dude. I personally can't believe PSA calls him an Authorized Dealer. It's shameful and sick.

Here is just a little snippet from the third link above:

In November 1998, the FTC filed a complaint against the above-named defendants, J.P. Cohen (a defendant not part of the settlement package), and the corporate entities through which they did business, U.S. Marketing and North American Charitable Services, Inc. The FTC alleged that in telephone scripts, "thank you" letters, and brochures sent to donors, the defendants and their subcontractors misrepresented that consumers' donations would benefit local purposes - such as holiday parties for sick children in local hospitals - and misrepresented that consumers' donations would support particular programs - such as buying wheelchairs for veterans. According to the FTC, most donations did not support a charitable purpose but instead funded the nationwide telemarketing operation and lined the defendants' pockets. In some instances, the defendants never paid the nonprofits, but simply kept all the money raised in their names.

WhenItWasAHobby · #2 10-28-2012, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by grundle20

I know I can't speak for anyone else and I only post this for pure fact-finding. But my last Buyer's Premium has gone to this dude. I personally can't believe PSA calls him an Authorized Dealer. It's shameful and sick.

According to PSA's website regarding becoming a PSA Authorized Dealer, it states, "Applicant and key employees must not have been convicted of a felony in the past five years."

http://www.psacard.com/about/faq.chtml#faqid71

So does this mean that any felon whose been doing time for 5 years or longer can be a PSA Authorized Dealer while still in jail?

drc · #3 10-28-2012, 11:02 PM

(removed cheap joke)

birdman42 · #4 10-28-2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by drc

(removed cheap joke)

We love cheap jokes. Cough it up, David.

Paul S · #5 10-28-2012, 11:34 PM

.Removed by author because it's another cheap joke (edited for refusal to use my last name)

drc · #6 10-29-2012, 12:11 AM

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Wite3 · #7 10-29-2012, 12:47 AM

PSA=Penal System Authenticators

calvindog · #8 10-29-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

According to PSA's website regarding becoming a PSA Authorized Dealer, it states, "Applicant and key employees must not have been convicted of a felony in the past five years."

http://www.psacard.com/about/faq.chtml#faqid71

So does this mean that any felon whose been doing time for 5 years or longer can be a PSA Authorized Dealer while still in jail?

LOLOLOL. That is some hilarious stuff.

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