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FTC: Gwinnett Business Cheated Applicants
(WSB Radio) The Federal Trade Commission is suing an award winning Gwinnett County business and its owner in a scheme designed to make money on those who can least afford it.
U.S. Work Alliance and its owner, Tyler Long, are accused of defrauding potential employees.
According to the FTC, the company advertised it was conducting job exams for the postal service. Applicants would be sold a book that they were told was needed for the exam, only to find out later there was no job, no exam and no affiliation with the postal service.
The Better Business Bureau says they've received over 700 complaints.
"People who thought they were being misled by this company," says Fred Elsberry with the BBB. "The inference they were getting from them was that this is the post office and we can help get you a job at the post office."
What others are saying
- Job seekers need to be alert.As the economy worsens and job seekers become more desperate, we are going to see more and more of this type of scam.
In any disaster - natural or man-made - there will always be those who prey on the misery of others. Our present hard times are no exception.
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