FTC says Montanans milked phone billings
Posted: January 22, 2013 at 1:44 a.m.
A Montana family and their accountant are accused of tacking $70 million in bogus charges onto customer phone bills nationwide, then funneling some of that money through a religious organization to buy land and pay for the husband’s legal bills.
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