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Texas AG Files Suit Against Sellers Of Private Phone Records

Via the web site of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed the state’s first lawsuit against a “data broker” and his companies – USA Skiptrace, AMS Research Services Inc. and Worldwide Investigations Inc. – for fraudulently marketing consumers’ private phone records. The suit comes in the aftermath of Attorney General Abbott announcing his broad investigation into several of these Web-based businesses last month.

The Attorney General is also seeking a temporary restraining order today against the Web-based businesses, found at www.usaskiptrace.com, and president John Strange of Denver. The businesses must answer to several allegations outlined in Attorney General Abbott’s suit, including openly soliciting services for a fee of at least $125 to produce private cell or land-line phone records, business or personal.

posted by Fergie @ 2/09/2006 03:56:00 PM