First, the link:
If you read the article closely, it says he charged cards without prior notice and on a continuing basis.
I have news for you all–large corps do it all the time! The problem isn’t even the recurring charges, but try to get that nonsense off your bank account debit card or a credit card and you see where the real scam is. It’s a huge hassle and pain in the butt that often does work when you attempt ti.
The banks and credit card companies must be complicit when it takes months and months and many emails to get these charges off. Further, they must be well aware of these scam companies, having received hundreds to thousands of complaints.
To me, this guy is only part of the problem. Mega banks are part of it too. You should be able to just email your bank or call them up or fax them and a banker should get it off and keep it off. Instead, the banks and credit card companies transfer you from person to person, put you thru long menus, do not guarantee to take them off your “not okay to charge” list (why DON’T they have this to make sure these scams are shut down, etc.)
the recurring charge is a national problem and scandal for most Americans.
the article is misleading. but thanks for passing it along. I will post this on my denisonlaw.com blog.
joanne
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Subject: Fw: NYTimes.com: In Utah, a Local Hero Accused
There is a sucker born every minute. Look what Schmiedel, Farenga, and Stern were able to sell to the IARDC, assuming that the IARDC is not part of the ‘elder cleansing’ from day one.
What is interesting is the fact that the Federal Judge upheld Mr. Johnson’s FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS even though his sole purpose appears to intimidate the Federal Prosecutors and try his case in the press. It is refreshing to know that the FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT DEAD.
Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
In Utah, a Local Hero Accused
By NATASHA SINGER
A wealthy Web marketer was known for acts of generosity. But the government, which has charged him with defrauding customers, sees him in a different light.
Or, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/11Hqwwu
MaryGSykes.com 
I think the term “Elder Cleansing” is highly appropriate here. And also the conservatives, the GOP and the Tea Party’s current “put granny on an ice floe” attitude toward senior citizens’ health care could be called “elder cleansing” as well. But these right-wingers had better be careful of what they wish for — because the aging white population of America currently forms their base and they appear to be killing off their own base.
It’s worse than that. One of the reasons they force granny and grandpa into a nursing home is so the “machine” can collect absentee ballots easily and vote for them! it’s documented that in communities of 2,000 homes, 5,000 vote and those come from the nursing homes!
I bet you or I can find an article on it. Sigh, I guess we need elections officials delivering and supervising personally any one address that gets more than 10 ballots.
That’s where ballot fraud is occuring, we do not need photo ID’s for “certain” areas that are poor, etc.