UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
v.
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC.; D.B.F.
NATIONAL BUSINESS REPORTING BUREAU, INC., a.k.a. National Business
Reporting Bureau, D. & B. National Business Reporting Bureau;
ELEANOR MORSE;
CALVIN MORSE;
DOROTHY BEAM;
SANDRA K. BROWN;
JAMES P. MCKENNA; and
TIMOTHY QUINN, Defendants.
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Case 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 injunctive
and other equitable relief, including rescission, restitution and
disgorgement, against defendants for violations of Section 5(a) of the
FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), which prohibits deceptive acts or
practices.
2. 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).
3. Venue in this district is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) and (c),
and 15 U.S.C. § 53(b).
THE PARTIES
4. The Commission is an independent agency of the United States
government created by the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58. Section 13(b)
of the FTC Act authorizes the Commission to initiate, by its own
attorneys, federal district court proceedings to enjoin violations of
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC.; D.B.F. NATIONAL BUSINESS REPORTING BUREAU, INC.,
TIMOTHY QUINN, Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission, by its undersigned attorneys, alleges as follows:
The Commission is an independent agency of the United States government created by the FTC
Section 13of the FTC Act authorizes the Commission to initiate, by its own attorneys, federal
Defendant National Scholarship Foundation, Inc. is a Florida corporation with its principal
Since August 1995, NSF has solicited consumers, through direct mail and telephone calls, to
NSF transacts business in the Southern District of Florida.
NBRB was incorporated on April 19, 1995, purportedly as a Florida non-profit corporation.
NBRB transacts business in the Southern District of Florida.
Defendant Eleanor Morse is a principal and director of NSF and since March of 1996 has been
Individually, or in concert with others, she directs, controls, formulates, or participates
At all times material to this complaint, corporate defendants NSF and NBRB have acted as a
Corporate defendants NSF and NBRB share officers, employees and a common goal to deceive
A representative typically tells a caller that NSF can likely find thousands of dollars worth
NSF representatives will then explain that NSF's services are "guaranteed," and that NSF will
NSF's representatives represent that within about six weeks after receipt of the
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