Saturday 19 March 2016

Scammer Who Ran 'Pay For Prayer' Website Ordered To pay $7.8 Million In Restitution


Story out of Seattle, Washington:

A Seattle man accused of deceiving people with online Christian websites has agreed to pay consumers $7.8 million.

The Washington State Attorney General says the Christian Prayer Center website, where you had to pay to receive prayers, was one of three deceptive online schemes devised by Benjamin Rogovy.

Just last month, we revealed how some people signing up to request prayers didn't realize they were agreeing to repeat credit card charges with no refunds. It was a practice that outraged legitimate Pastor John Carlson, who says his name was linked to the website without his consent.

The state says that website also tricked consumers into paying to settle their complaints -- that were never handled. Cont.

Story from - KOMO News

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