UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
v.
JARRELL ANDRE GOOLSBY, individually and doing business as CONCEPTS
& IDEAS, Defendant.
CIVIL ACTION NO.
COMPLAINT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION
AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "the Commission"),
for its complaint alleges:
1. The FTC brings this action under Sections 13(b) and 19 of the
Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 53(b) and 57b,
and the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act
("Telemarketing Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 6101 et seq., to secure permanent
injunctive relief, rescission or reformation of contracts,
restitution, disgorgement, and other equitable relief for defendant's
deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), and the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16
C.F.R. Part 310.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2. This Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§§ 1331, 1337(a), and 1345, and 15 U.S.C. §§ 53(b), 57b, 6102(c), and
6105(b).
3. Venue in the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Georgia is proper under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and (c), and 15 U.S.C.
§ 53(b).
PLAINTIFF
4. Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission, is an independent agency
of the United States Government created by statute. 15 U.S.C. §§ 41 et
seq. The Commission is charged, inter alia, with enforcement of
Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), which prohibits unfair
or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce. The
Commission also enforces the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part
310, which prohibits deceptive and abusive telemarketing acts or
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
JARRELL ANDRE GOOLSBY, individually and doing business as CONCEPTS & IDEAS, Defendant.
COMPLAINT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION
AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission, for its complaint alleges:
The FTC brings this action under Sections 13and 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15
t 310.
Venue in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is proper
The Commission is charged, inter alia, with enforcement of Section 5of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C.
The Commission also enforces the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 310, which
The Commission is authorized to initiate federal district court proceedings, by its own
Since at least May 1996 and continuing until approximately August 1996, the defendant, in
Acting as a telemarketer for a company known as SureCheK Systems, Inc. d/b/a Consumer Credit
that regardless of the consumers' past credit history, the consumers were offered an
that consumers are guaranteed to receive a major credit card or that there is a high
In numerous instances, in connection with telemarketing offers to provide credit cards to
The Telemarketing Sales Rule prohibits telemarketers and sellers from, inter alia, requesting
In numerous instances, in connection with telemarketing offers to obtain extensions of credit
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