![]() ![]() The callers falsely claimed that victims failed to pay for or receive certain product deliveries, and that victims owed thousands of dollars in fines as a result. As part of his guilty plea, Hidalgo admitted that he and others at Everglades in Peru called victims in the United States claiming to be attorneys or government representatives. Scola sentenced Johnny Hidalgo to 100 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his supervision of the Everglades Peruvian call center to carry out a fraud and extortion scheme against American consumers. ![]() Peruvian Man Sentenced to 100 Months’ Imprisonment for Overseeing Call Centers that Threatened and Defrauded American Consumer s Epsilon further admitted that over the course of nearly a decade, the company knowingly sold 30 million American consumers’ data to clients engaged in fraud. In a statement of facts, Epsilon admitted that its employees sold consumer data to clients engaged in fraud despite knowing that those and similar clients had been arrested, charged with crimes, convicted, and were otherwise subject to law enforcement actions for false and misleading practices. Epsilon also agreed to implement significant compliance measures designed to safeguard consumers’ data. Under the terms of the DPA, Epsilon, a marketing company with principal sales operations based in Colorado, agreed to pay a total monetary penalty of $150 million, with $127.5 million of that amount going to compensate victims of the fraudulent schemes that used consumer data sold by Epsilon. ![]() The DPA relates to the company’s role in knowingly selling consumer data to clients engaged in fraud. Moore approved the entry of a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) between the Department of Justice and Epsilon Data Management, LLC, (“Epsilon”). Epsilon Data Management, LLCĭocket Number: 1:21-cr-00006-RM (D. Marketing Company Agrees to Pay $150 Million for Facilitating Elder Fraud Schemes Justice for All Act (2004) Victims NotificationĭECEPTIVE PRACTICES, TELEMARKETING, and DATA PRIVACY ![]()
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