FTC says credit repair operation 'The Credit Game' was a scam

[Administrator note: We started Credit Rebels to provide an absolutely free source of highly detailed, exclusive information on how to improve credit scores. There is nothing special about so-called 'Credit Repair' companies, and there is very likely nothing they know that we haven't already published here. (Plus much more they very likely have no clue about!) We are not in any way affiliated with any so-called 'credit repair organization', especially one that shows up in search results as 'FreedomCreditRebels'. That domain name was registered around 5 months after we registered ours in June 2021. (That site still has default 'customer testimonials' on it that use stock images for the customer photos!) ] Via United States Federal Trade Commission ( ftc.gov ): FTC Acts to Shut Down ‘The Credit Game’ for Running a Bogus Credit Repair Scheme that Fleeced Consumers Company Illegally Charged Consumers for Credit Advice, Filed False ID Theft Reports and Pitched Them on Fake Business Opportunity "At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily halted a bogus credit repair scheme known as The Credit Game for promoting a series of lies and deceptions. The FTC alleged the scheme’s operators lied to credit reporting agencies regarding information on consumers’ credit reports and pitched consumers a supposed business opportunity that was essentially starting their own bogus credit repair scheme. “ Credit repair schemes cheat those already in financial trouble, and these defendants even tried to redirect COVID-19 tax benefits into their own pockets ,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “ We’re grateful that the court shut this scheme down and disrupted this web of deception .” The defendants are based in Florida and have operated credit repair schemes since at least 2019, first using the name Wholesale Tradelines before changing to The Credit Game in 2020. According to the FTC’s complaint, the defendants claim to have brought in more than $15 million in business through their operations."