At-home Business Opportunity Scams: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, July 28, 1993 |
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Page 1 - Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 am, in room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Joseph I. Lieberman, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Lieberman, Cleland, Akaka, Dayton, Carper, Collins, and Running.
Page 39 - Mail Preference Service and Telephone Preference Service DMA's Mail Preference Service ("MPS") name removal file was established in 1971 in response to consumer requests to control their mail volume. A companion service, the Telephone Preference Service ("TPS") was established in January, 1985, as an answer to increased consumer inquiries regarding telephone marketing. In 1977, the PPSC recognized MPS as an alternative to legislation regarding mailing list usage.
Page 40 - In practically all businesses, envelope stuffing has become a highly mechanized operation using sophisticated mass mailing techniques and equipment which eliminates any profit potential for an individual doing this type of work at home.
Page 22 - ... the Office of Inspector General, conduct internal audits of postal operations. The Postal Inspection Service, which employees about 2,100 postal inspectors, 1,400 postal police officers and 900 professional, technical and support employees, has performed many of these duties for over 200 years and is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies. A number of statutes enable us to take action against fraudulent practices involving the use of the mails. The public policy, which underlies these...
Page 40 - USC §3012). Because these proceedings are time-consuming, two Federal injunction statutes allow us to take prompt, interim action to stop deceptive mail practices: One provides for detention of mail sent in response to a false advertisement, pending conclusion of the administrative litigation (39 USC 3007); the other allows the Federal district courts to issue injunctions against the continuation of mail fraud schemes (18 USC § 1345). The former is used for violations of the civil false representations...
Page 4 - Bureaus promotes ethical standards of business practices and protects consumers through voluntary selfregulation and monitoring activities.
Page 39 - Series are meetings held twice a year in regional areas across the country between direct marketing professionals and consumer affairs and regulatory officials from such organizations as the Postal Inspection Service, Federal Trade Commission, United States Office of Consumer Affairs, States Attorneys General and other state agencies. Better Business Bureaus, etc. The meetings provide exceptional opportunities for the participants...
Page 7 - I want to join with my colleagues in expressing my gratitude to you for taking the time to be here. I know it is not pleasant to have to recount experiences that are as painful as the experiences that you have gone through.
Page 40 - ... authority under the money laundering statutes (18 USC §§1956, 1957) to forfeit those proceeds or property they were used to acquire. The false representations statute allows the Postal Service, after completing administrative proceedings, to return to the senders all mail sent in response to a false advertisement which seeks to obtain money or property by mail, and to order the promoter to cease and desist from conducting the scheme.