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Consumer Rights Council is registered with the Missouri Secretary of State as a non-profit organization. However, as of June 2020, BBB has been unable to confirm its non-profit status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). All non-profits are required to register a non-profit tax status with the IRS.
Pending Government Action
On
June 9, 2022, Missouri Attorney General, Eric Schmitt, filed a civil
lawsuit against Consumer Rights Council, Square One Development, Inc, Consumer Law Protection,
LLC, Christopher Carroll, George Reed and Louann Reed for for violations
of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
The
lawsuit alleges the defendants took more than $2 million dollars from
nearly 200 consumers to help get consumers out of their timeshares. The
lawsuit alleges the company used misleading statements and high
pressure sales tactics.
The case is pending.
Pending Government Action
On June 23, 2022, Alaska
Attorney General Treg Taylor filed a lawsuit against Consumer Law Protection, LLC,
Consumer Rights Council, Premier Reservations Group, LLC, Resort
Transfer Group, LLC, Square One Development Group, Inc., Square One
Group, LLC, Timeshare Help Source, Christopher Carroll, George Reed,
Louann Reed, Scott Jackson, Eduardo Balderas, Sherrod Banks, Courtney
Kirkpatrick, and Gary Adamson.
The
lawsuit alleges the defendants promised to get consumers out of their
timeshare contracts in exchange for large upfront payments, but then
failed to follow through on their promises.
The
defendants are accused of targeting timeshare owners using a deceptive
direct mail campaign, which lured timeshare owners to sales
presentations at Anchorage hotels with deceptive promises of a $250
shopping card and information on how to eliminate timeshare maintenance
fees, improve their ownership experience, or legally exit their
timeshare.
When
the timeshare owners arrived at the sales presentations, the defendants
used hard sales tactics, including telling the timeshare owners that
their maintenance fees would skyrocket, that their heirs would be forced
to pay the maintenance fees in perpetuity, and that the only way to
exit their timeshare contracts was to pay for the defendants’ timeshare
exit services.
The
lawsuit states that, so far, the Department of Law has identified nine
Alaskan consumers who paid the defendants a total of $113,521.85.
The case is pending.
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