FTC Wants $22 Million from Internet Scammers, I Works, Wife, and Parents

FTC Wants $22 Million from Internet Scammers, I Works, Wife, and Parents

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has requested permission from a federal court judge to amend its ongoing legal action against elaborate internet operation, I Works, to include charges against relief dependents; claiming that the individuals and the companies received at least $22 million from I Works, including a 20,000 square-foot St. George mansion, cash, silver bars, and coins. According to the FTC’s December 2010 complaint, I Works, controlled by Jeremy Johnson and nine other individuals, used multiple websites that allegedly have made millions of dollars by luring consumers into “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes, and then repeatedly charging them monthly fees for these and other memberships that they never signed up for. Offered at “no risk,” they required consumers to provide their credit or debit card numbers to pay for a small shipping and handling fee such as $1.99. When consumers provided their billing information, I Works charged them one-time fees of up to $129.95 and monthly recurring fees of up to $59.95 for the grant or money-making programs and charged them additional monthly fees for one or more unrelated programs that consumers did not agree to.

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