FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. -- Four more telemarketers who used to be employed at a timeshare resale company in Fort Lauderdale have been charged with conspiring to defraud people that wanted to sell their vacation rental property, The Sun Sentinel is reporting. The newspaper based in South Florida noted that since last year, 19 former employees of Timeshare Mega Media and Marketing Group have been
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Since taking office in January 2011, Attorney General Pam Bondi has used her office to crack down on timeshare resale fraud, highlighting an important conviction last year against a woman accused of stealing $30 million from timeshare owners, while also spearheading new legislation designed to make these kinds of fraud cases much harder to pull off in the future. Last Oct
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TALLAHASSEE -- Legislation aimed at protecting people from timeshare fraud won the endorsement on Jan. 31 of the American Resort Development Association and the American Resort Development Association Resort Owners' Coalition. Both groups lent their public support for a bill now before the Florida Legislature known as the Timeshare Resale Accountability Act. Sponsored by state Sen. Andy Gardin
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KEY WEST - The interior design firm The Lubner Group just completed the total renovation and installation of new furnishings for five Old Conch-style buildings at the Coconut Beach Resort in Key West, Florida, positioning the timeshare vacation resort to enter a new phase in its legendary history. Located at 1500 Alberta St. on the Atlantic side of Key West, the vacation ownership resort is s
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DENVER – Using his Facebook page to reach a wider audience, Denver’s District Attorney, Mitch Morrissey, is warning consumers about a growing problem with timeshare resale scams. “Fraud Alert! Don’t Fall Victim to a Timeshare Resale Scam!” Morrissey posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Jan. 17, when he advised buyers, “Don’t Fall Victim to a Timeshare Resale Scam.” In his pos
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A lot of people think the resolve to improve their health and wellness is limited to a New Year’s resolution, but the American Resort Development Association disagrees. The association believes the wellness trend is here to stay – and that people even want their vacations to reflect this interest in a healthier lifestyle. “While the timeshare industry has long advocated the healthful be
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People hoping to get out of a timeshare obligation all too often become targets for timeshare scams, cautioned Mitch Lipka, author of the Consumer Alert column for The Boston Globe and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. “After writing last month about a timeshare scam that involved a made-up company, a flood of timeshare owners reached out with a lot of questions,” Lipka wrote in his J
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Anyone who thinks authorities don’t take telemarketing fraud cases seriously can think again, now that the woman behind a telemarketing scheme that defrauded more than 22,000 victims of $30 million got sentenced to 15 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, a federal judge waved off the woman’s sobbing claims of remorse, even as she noted that she became a mother just a year
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BOONE, N.C. – Scambusters is calling timeshare and vacation schemes one of the top 10 scams for both 2011 and 2012, and warning vacationers to proceed cautiously. Scambusters, devoted to continuously updating the public about the worst scams and fraud cases going on across the United States, just issued its list of the top 10 scams for 2011 and 2012. Coming in at Number 10, the service
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BRANSON, MISSOURI -- Bluegreen Wilderness Club at Big Cedar was awarded the City of Branson’s 2011 Green Initiative award for its eco-friendly practices, giving the timeshare management company some welcome publicity and recognition. “We are honored to receive this award, as we believe instilling a culture of environmental respect and sustainability is an important part of living and working
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