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CaseNo: FVDLA100920, CourtCode: FED, CourtName: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff: FTC, State: DC Washington D.C., UniqueCaseRef: LCD>FVDLA100920, Consumers, Entry, Federal Trade Commission, Green Card Lottery, Law Offices, Amkraut, Act, David, Redress, Card Lottery Services, United States, Green Card, Winner, State Department, Permanent Injunction, Immigrant, Visas, Nonimmigrant Visa Services, Winners, Ftc Act, Directs, Promotional Materials, United States District, Ftc, Advertisement, Misrepresenting, Notification Letter, Violations, Chances, Relief, Direct Marketing, Entries, Paid Defendant, Washington, Selection, Winning, Practices , ContentID: 120247399

Case Documents
1   STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT
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18 pages
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2   COMPLAINT
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8 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 26 pages
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1 . STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
ENTRY
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
CONSUMERS
GREEN CARD LOTTERY
LAW OFFICES
DAVID
AMKRAUT
BUSINESS
REDRESS
CARD LOTTERY SERVICES
ACT
WINNER
ATTORNEYS
UNITED STATES
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
NONIMMIGRANT VISA SERVICES
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
FTC
ADVERTISEMENT
MISREPRESENTING
NOTIFICATION LETTER
STATE DEPARTMENT
DIRECT MARKETING
PAID DEFENDANT
WASHINGTON
GREEN CARD LOTTERIES
COMPLIANCE REPORTS
WRITTEN SCRIPTS
   STEPHEN CALKINS
   General Counsel

   HEATHER HIPPSLEY
   DANA J. LESEMANN
   Federal Trade Commission
   6th St. and Penn. Ave., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20580
   (202) 326-3285; -3146

   THOMAS J. SYTA
   Federal Trade Commission
   11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 13209
   Los Angeles, CA 90024
   (310) 575-7890
   Attorneys for Plaintiff

                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

                    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff

                                     v.

            DAVID L. AMKRAUT, individually and doing business as
                LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. AMKRAUT, Defendant.

                                    Civ.
   STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND OTHER
                             EQUITABLE RELIEF

   On ________, 1997, Plaintiff, Federal Trade Commission ("Commission"),
   filed its Complaint seeking a permanent injunction and redress for
   injured consumers, pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade
   Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. 53(b).

   The Commission and defendant David L. Amkraut, individually and doing
   business as Law Offices of David L. Amkraut ("Amkraut"), have
   stipulated to the entry of the following Final Judgment and Order in
   settlement of the Commission's complaint against him, and the Court,
   being advised in the premises, finds:
    1. This is an action by the Commission instituted under Sections 5
       and 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45 and
       53(b) ("FTC Act"). The complaint seeks permanent injunctive relief
       and redress for allegedly injured consumers for alleged unfair or
       deceptive acts or practices by defendant in the promotion and sale
       of certain services to consumers in connection with the
       distribution of applications for immigrant visas and permanent
SNIPPETS:
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20580
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • individually and doing business as
  • LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. AMKRAUT, Defendant.
  • STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND OTHER
  • On ________, 1997, Plaintiff, Federal Trade Commission, filed its Complaint seeking a
  • This is an action by the Commission instituted under Sections 5 and 13of the Federal Trade
  • The complaint seeks permanent injunctive relief and redress for allegedly injured consumers
  • The Commission alleges that, from at least January, 1992, and continuing until this day,
  • Defendant, for the purposes of settling the Commission's Complaint against him, agrees to
  • "Winner" shall mean any individual selected by the NVC through the green card lottery to
  • F. "Green card lottery services" shall mean any service rendered in connection with the green
  • IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in connection with the promotion, advertising, marketing, sale, ; and all persons or entities in active concert or participation with him, who receive actual
  • Misrepresenting, directly or by implication, that there is a special application or form to
  • Nothing herein shall prohibit defendant from preparing press releases, authored by defendant
  • J. Knowingly failing to comply with all State Department regulations or standard operating
  • Any consumer who paid defendant to be entered in either the FY 1995 green card lottery or the
  • VHS videotape cassettes and written scripts or photoboards of television advertisements;
  • ATTACHMENT ONE - COMPLIANCE REPORTS
  • Within sixty days of the close of the FY 1998 green card lottery entry period, document that s notification letter and participated in the redress program, the number of redress participant

  • 2 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    GREEN CARD
    DEFENDANT
    CONSUMERS
    ACT
    IMMIGRANT
    VISAS
    WINNERS
    FTC ACT
    STATE DEPARTMENT
    DIRECTS
    AMKRAUT
    BUSINESS
    UNITED STATES
    VIOLATIONS
    CHANCES
    LAW
    RELIEF
    ENTRIES
    SELECTION
    WINNING
    PRACTICES
    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
    EMPLOYEES
    DISTRICT
    COURT
    ENTRY
    REJECTION
    SUBMITTING
    AGENTS
    
       STEPHEN CALKINS
       General Counsel
       HEATHER HIPPSLEY
       DANA J. LESEMANN
       Federal Trade Commission
       6th St. and Penn. Ave., N.W.
       Washington, D.C. 20580
       (202) 326-3285; -3146
    
       THOMAS J. SYTA
       Federal Trade Commission
       11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 13209
       Los Angeles, CA 90024
       (310) 575-7890
       Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                        FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff
    
                                         v.
    
                DAVID L. AMKRAUT, individually and doing business as
                    LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. AMKRAUT, Defendant.
    
                                      Civ. No.
                COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
    
       Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission"), by its
       undersigned attorneys, alleges as follows:
    
                               JURISDICTION AND VENUE
    
       1. This is an action under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade
       Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. 53(b), to secure permanent,
       preliminary, and temporary injunctive relief and other equitable
       relief, including rescission, restitution, and disgorgement, against
       defendant for violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 45(a),
       which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices. This Court has
       subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims pursuant to 28
       U.S.C. 1331, 1337(a), and 1345, and 15 U.S.C. 45(a) and 53(b).
    
       2. Venue in this district is proper under 28 U.S.C. 1391(b) and 15
       U.S.C. 53(b).
    
                                    THE PARTIES
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. AMKRAUT, Defendant.
  • COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
  • This is an action under Section 13of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C.
  • The Commission is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute.
  • Defendant David L. Amkraut is the sole proprietor of, and does business as, Law Offices of
  • Amkraut is an attorney who markets his professional services to consumers, located both in
  • Individually, or in concert with others, Amkraut directs, controls, formulates or
  • The State Department conducts an annual lottery to distribute applications for 55,000
  • Winners of this lottery receive the opportunity to apply for one of the available immigrant
  • If the winner files a successful application, he or she can enter the United States and then
  • Even though a lottery winner does not actually win a green card, but only the opportunity to
  • "We use our knowledge of State Department and Immigration Service procedures to give you your
  • "We also study the lottery law and regulations to find hidden ways to increase your winning
  • Our techniques produced more than two thousand winning entries last year!
  • no entry filed by the David Amkraut Law Office has ever been rejected or ruled ineligible" by
  • In connection with providing green card lottery services to consumers, defendant has
  • Defendant's practice of submitting multiple entries on behalf of unwitting consumers is in
  • Defendant provides his own address, rather than the address of the consumer, for notification
  • In the course and conduct of his business, defendant, directly or through his employees and
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