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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`Federal 'h'nde Commission. and
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`Stale of Ohio ex rel.Altorney General
`Dave Yosl.
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`lil'- I 9-CV» l (NJ-KC
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`IPROPOSIZD]
`STIPULATED ORDER FOR
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`PERMANENT INJUNCTION AS TO
`DEFENDANTS WISSAM JAIJL AND
`TRIPLETEL. INC.
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`Plaintiffs.
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`Educare Centre Services, Inc.. a New
`Jersey corporation. also dba Credit Card
`Services. Card Services. Credil Card
`Financial Services. Care Net, Triplelel
`lne.. Revit Educ Srvc. L.L. Vision. Cure
`Value Services, and Card Value Services.
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`'Ileelel. lue.. a Delaware
`corporation.
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`Prolink Vision, S.R.L., :1
`Dominican Republic limiled
`liability company.
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`9896988 Canada Inc.. a
`Canadian company,
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`Globe; Telecom, Inc., a Nevada
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`corporation.
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`9506276 Canada. [new dba
`Globcx Telecem. lne.. a
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`Canadian company.
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`Sam Mad]. individually and as
`an owner. ol‘liecr. member. nndfor
`manager of Educare Centre
`Services. Inc..
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`Mohammad Souhcll and:
`Mohammed Souhell and Mike
`Souhell. individually and as an
`owner. ofl'icer. member. andfer
`manager of Educare Cenlre
`Services. Inc., 9896088 Canada.
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`lnc.. Gl_o_bex Telecemz lne.I
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`9506276 Canada, Inc., and
`Prolink Vision, S.R.L.,
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`Wissam Abedel Jalil alk/a Sam
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`Jalil, individually and as an
`owner, officer, member, and/or
`manager of Tripletel, Inc., and
`Prolink Vision, S.R.L.,
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`Charles Kharouf, individually
`and as an owner, officer, member,
`and/or manager of Educare
`Centre Services, Inc., and
`Prolink Vision, S.R.L.,
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`Defendants.
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`Plaintiffs, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) and the State
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`of Ohio, (collectively, “Plaintifi‘s”) filed its First Amended Complaint for Permanent
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`Injunction and Other Equitable Relief GECF No. 81) pursuant to Section 13(b) of the FTC
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`Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention
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`Act (”Telemarketing Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 6101—6108, the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices
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`Act (“CSPA”), O.R.C. 1345.07, and the Ohio Telephone Solicitation Sales Act
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`(“TSSA”), O.R.C. 4719.01 et seq. Plaintiffs and Defendants Wissam Jalil and Tripletel,
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`Inc. (“Jalil Defendants”) stipulate to the entry of this Stipulated Order for Permanent
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`Injunction and Monetary Judgment (“Order”) to resolve all matters in dispute in this
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`action between them.
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`THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
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`This Court has jurisdiction over this matter.
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`FINDINGS
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`The First Amended Complaint charges that the Jalil Defendants participated in
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`acts or practices that violated Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), the
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`Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), 16 C.F.R. Part 310, the Ohio CSPA, O.R.C. 1345.01
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`et seq., and the Ohio TSSA, O.R.C. 4719.01 et seq.
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`3.
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`The Jalil Defendants neither admit nor deny any of the allegations in the First
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`Amended Complaint, except as specifically stated in this Order. Only for purposes of this
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`action, the Jalil Defendants admit the facts necessary to establish jurisdiction.
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`4.
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`The Jalil Defendants waive any claim that they may have under the Equal Access
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`to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, concerning the prosecution of this action through the
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`date of this Order, and agree to bear their own costs and attorney fees.
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`5.
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`The Jalil Defendants and Plaintiffs waive all rights to appeal or otherwise
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`challenge or contest the validity of this Order.
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`DEFINITIONS
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`For the purpose of this Order, the following definitions shall apply:
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`“Corporate Defendant” means Tripletel, Inc. and each of its subsidiaries,
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`affiliates, successors, and assigns.
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`B.
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`“Debt Relief Product or Service” means any product, service, plan or program
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`represented, expressly or by implication, to renegotiate, settle, or in any way alter the
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`terms of payment or other terms of the debt or obligation between a consumer and one or
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`more creditors or debt collectors, including a reduction in the balance, interest rate, or
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`fees owed by a consumer to a creditor or debt collector.
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`C.
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`“Defendants” means Prolink Vision, S.R.L., 9896988 Canada, Inc., Educare
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`Centre Services, Inc., Tripletel, Inc., Mohammad Souheil, Sam Madi, Charles Kharouf,
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`Wissam Jalil, Globex Telecom, Inc., and 9506276 Canada, Inc., individually,
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`collectively, or in any combination.
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`D.
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`“Document” is synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the usage of
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`“document” and “electronically stored information" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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`34(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a), and includes writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs,
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`sound and video recordings, images, Internet sites, web pages, websites, electronic
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`correspondence, including e-mail and instant messages, contracts, accounting data,
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`advertisements, FI‘P Logs, Server Access Logs, books, written or printed records,
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`handwritten notes, telephone logs, telephone scripts, receipt books, ledgers, personal and
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`business canceled checks and check registers, bank statements, appointment books,
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`computer records, customer or sales databases and any other electronically stored
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`information, including Documents located on remote servers or cloud computing
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`systems, and other data or data compilations fi'om which information can be obtained
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`directly or, if necessary, afier translation into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-
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`identical copy is a separate Document within the meaning of the term
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`E.
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`“Person” means any natural person or any entity, corporation, partnership, or
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`association ofpersons.
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`“Receiver” means the receiver appointed in Section VIII ofthis Order and any
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`deputy receivers that shall be named by the Receiver.
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`“Seller” means any Person who, in connection with a Telemarketing transaction,
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`provides, offers to provide, or arranges for others to provide goods or services to a
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`customer in exchange for consideration.
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`“Telemarketer” means any Person who, in connection with Telemarketing,
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`initiates or receives telephone calls to or from a customer or donor.
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`I.
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`“Telemarketing” means any plan, program, or campaign that is conducted to
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`induce the purchase of goods or services or a charitable contribution by use of one or
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`more telephones.
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`ORDER
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`I.
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`DEBT RELIEF PRODUCT OR SERVICE BAN
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`IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants are permanently
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`restrained and enjoined from advertising, marketing, promoting, or offering for sale, or
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`assisting in the advertising, marketing, promoting, or offering for sale of any Debt Relief
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`Product or Service, including any credit card interest rate reduction service.
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`TELEMARKETING BAN
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants are permanently
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`restrained and enjoined from participating in Telemarketing to the United States, whether
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`directly or through an intermediary.
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`III.
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`PROHIBITED MISREPRESENTATIONS AND OMISSIONS
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`IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants and their oflicers,
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`agents, and employees, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with them,
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`who receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting
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`directly or indirectly, in connection with the advertising, marketing, promoting, or
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`offering for sale of any goods or services, are restrained and enjoined from
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`misrepresenting or assisting others in misrepresenting, expressly or by implication, any
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`material fact, including, but not limited to:
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`Misrepresenting, or assistng others in misrepresenting, expressly or by
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`implication, any of the following:
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`Any material aspect of the nature or terms of the Seller’s refund,
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`cancellation, exchange, or repurchase policies, or
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`Any other fact material to consumers concerning any good or service, such
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`as: the total costs; any material restrictions, limitations or conditions; or any
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`material aspect of its performance, efficacy, nature, or central characteristics;
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`Representing, or assisting others in representing, expressly or by implication, the
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`benefits, performance, or efficacy of any good or service, unless the representation is
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`non-misleading, and, at the time such representation is made, the Jalil Defendants possess
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`and rely upon competent and reliable evidence to substantiate that the representation is
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`true.
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`IV.
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`PROHIBITIONS 0N VIOLATING THE OHIO CSPA AND TSSA
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants, and their officers,
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`agents, and employees, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with them,
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`who receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting
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`directly or indirectly, are permanently restrained and enjoined from engaging in unfair or
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`deceptive acts or practices in violation of the Ohio CSPA, R.C. 1345.01 et seq. and the
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`Ohio TSSA, O.R.C. 4719.01 et seq.
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`V. EQUITABLE MONETARY JUDGMENT AND PARTIAL SUSPENSION
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:
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`Judgment in the amount of $2.8 Million Dollars ($2,800,000.00) is entered in
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`favor of Plaintiffs against the Jalil Defendants, jointly and severally, as equitable
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`monetary relief. Full payment of the foregoing amount shall be suspended upon
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`satisfaction of the obligations set forth in Subsection B of this Section, and subject to the
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`conditions set forth in Subsections C-E of this Section.
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`B.
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`Effective upon the entry of this Order, the Jalil Defendants shall surrender to
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`Plaintiffs or their representatives all control, title, dominion, and interest in the following
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`assets: (1) all funds held in the HMO Harris Bank account in the name of Tripletel, Inc.
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`ending in X3867; and (2) all Tripletel, Inc. funds in accounts in the name of Madera
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`Merchant Services, LLC. The remainder of the judgment is suspended, subject to
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`Subsections C, D, and E, below.
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`C.
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`Plaintiffs’ agreement to the suspension of part of the judgment as to the Jalil
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`Defendants is expressly premised upon the truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness of
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`the following sworn financial statements and related documents (collectively, “financial
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`representations”) submitted to the Commission by the Jalil Defendants, including:
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`The Financial Statement of Wissam Jalil as last updated on November 7,
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`2019, including the attachments; and
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`The Financial Statement of Tripletel, Inc. signed on November 8, 2019,
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`including the attachments.
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`The suspension of the judgment will be lifted as to any Jalil Defendant if, upon
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`motion by the Plaintiffs, the Court finds that a Jalil Defendant failed to disclose any
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`material asset, materially misstated the value of any asset, or made any other material
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`misstatement or omission in the financial representations identified above.
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`E.
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`If the suspension of the judgment is lifted, the judgment becomes immediately
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`due as to that Jalil Defendant in the amount of $2.8 Million Dollars ($2,800,000.00)
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`specified in Subsection A, above, which the parties stipulate represents the consumer
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`injury alleged in the First Amended Complaint, less any payment previously made
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`pursuant to this Section, plus interest computed from the date of entry of this Order.
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`VI.
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`ADDITIONAL MONETARY PROVISIONS
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:
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`The Jalil Defendants relinquish dominion and all legal and equitable right, title,
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`and interest in all assets transferred pursuant to this Order and may not seek the return of
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`any assets.
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`B.
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`The facts alleged in the First Amended Complaint will be taken as true, without
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`further proof, in any subsequent civil litigation by or on behalf of the Plaintiffs, including
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`in a proceeding to enforce their rights to any payment or monetary judgment pursuant to
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`this Order, such as a nondischargeability complaint in any bankruptcy case.
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`The facts alleged in the First Amended Complaint establish all elements necessary
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`to sustain an action by the Plaintiffs pursuant to Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy
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`Code, 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(2)(A), and this Order will have collateral estoppel effect for
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`such purposes.
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`D.
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`The J alil Defendants acknowledge that their Taxpayer Identification Numbers
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`(Social Security Numbers or Employer Identification Numbers) or equivalant, which the
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`Jalil Defendants previously submitted to the Commission, may be used for collecting and
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`reporting on any delinquent amount arising out of this Order, in accordance with 31
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`E.
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`All money paid to the Plaintiffs pursuant to this Order may be deposited into a
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`fund administered by the Commission or its designee on behalf of the Commission and
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`the State of Ohio to be used for equitable relief, including comumer redress and any
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`attendant expenses for the administration of any redress fimd. If a representative of the
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`Plaintiffs decides that direct redress to consumers is wholly or partially impracticable or
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`money remains after redress is completed, the Plaintiffs may apply any remaining money
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`for such other equitable relief (including consumer information remedies) as it
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`determines to be reasonably related to the Jalil Defendants’ practices alleged in the First
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`Amended Complaint. Any money not used for such equitable relief shall be divided
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`between the Commission and the State of Ohio to be deposited to the US. Treasury as
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`disgorgement and to the Ohio Attorney General’s Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement
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`Fund. The Jalil Defendants have no right to challenge any actions the Plaintiffs or their
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`representatives may take pursuant to this Subsection.
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`VII. CUSTOMER INFORMATION
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jali] Defendants and their officers, agents,
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`and employees, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with them, who
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`receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, are permanently
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`restrained and enjoined from directly or indirectly:
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`Failing to provide sufficient customer information to enable the Commission to
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`efiiciently administer consumer redress- If Plaintiffs’ representative requests in writing
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`any information related to redress, Jalil Defendant must provide it, in the form prescribed
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`by Plaintiffs’ representative, within fourteen (14) days; and
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`Disclosing, using, or benefitting from customer information, including the name,
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`address, telephone number, email address, Social Security number, other identifying
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`int‘onnation, or any data that enables access to a customer‘s account (including a credit
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`card, bank account, or other financial account), that any Jalil Defendant obtained prior to
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`entry of this Order in connection with any activity that pertains to marketing credit card
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`interest rate reduction services; and
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`Failing to destroy such customer information in all forms in their possession,
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`custody, or control within thirty (30) days after receipt of written direction to do so from
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`a representative of the Plaintifl‘s.
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`Provided, however, that customer information need not be disposed of, and may
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`be disclosed, to the extent requested by a government agency or required by law,
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`regulation, or court order.
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`VIII. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Robb Evans & Associates LLC is appointed
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`as receiver of Tripletel, Inc. with full powers of an equity receiver, for the purpose of
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`taking the necessary steps to wind down Tripletel, Inc. In carrying out these duties, the
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`Receiver shall be the agent of this court, shall be accountable directly to this court, and is
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`authorized and directed to:
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`Perform all acts necessary to protect, conserve, preserve, and prevent waste or
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`dissipation of Tripletel, Inc. assets, if any, until their sale;
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`Sell Tripletel, Inc.‘s assets without further order of the court;
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`Enter into agreements in connection with the reasonable and necessary
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`performance of the Receiver’s duty to sell Tripletel, Inc.’s assets, including, but not
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`limited to, the retention of assistants, agents, or other professionals to assist in the sale of
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`these Assets;
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`Distribute to the FTC, without further order of the court, the funds received from
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`the sale of Tripletel, Inc.’s assets;
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`Take any and all steps the Receiver concludes are appropriate to wind down
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`Tripletel, Inc; and
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`Store and secure Tripletel, Inc.’s records, until either entry of a final order against
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`the last remaining Defendant in this proceeding or receipt of written direction to do so
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`from a representative of the FTC.
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`IX.
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`COOPERATION
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`IT [3 FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants must fully cooperate with
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`representatives of the Plaintiffs in this case and in any investigation related to or
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`associated with the transactions or the occurrences that are the subject of the First
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`Amended Complaint. The Jalil Defendants must provide truthful and complete
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`information, evidence, and testimony. The Jalil Defendants must appear in person,
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`telephonically, or via videoconference, for interviews, discovery, hearings, trials, and any
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`other proceedings that Plaintiffs’ representative may reasonably request upon ten (10)
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`days written notice, or other reasonable notice, at such reasonable places and times as
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`Plaintifis’ representative may designate, without the service of a subpoena.
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`X.
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`ORDER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants obtain acknowledgments
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`of receipt of this Order:
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`A.
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`Each Jalil Defendant, within seven (7) days of entry of this Order, must submit to
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`the Plaintiffs an acknowledgment of receipt of this Order sworn under penalty of perjury.
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`For five (5) years after entry of this Order, Defendant Wissam Jalil for any
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`business that he, individually or collectively with any other Defendant, is the majority
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`owner or controls directly or indirectly, and each Corporate Defendant, must deliver a
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`copy of this Order to: (1) all principals, officers, directors, and LLC managers and
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`members; (2) all employees having managerial responsibilities for conduct related to the
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`subject matter of the Order and all agents and representatives who participate in conduct
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`related to the subject matter of the Order, and (3) any business entity resulting from any
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`change in structure as set forth in the Section titled Compliance Reporting. Delivery
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`must occur within seven (7) days of entry of this Order for current personnel. For all
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`others, delivery must occur before they assume their responsibilities.
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`COMPLIANCE REPORTING
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants make timely submissions
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`to the Plaintiffs:
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`One year afier entry of this Order, each Jalil Defendant must submit a compliance
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`report, sworn under penalty of perjury:
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`Each Jalil Defendant must: (3) identity the primary physical, postal, and
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`email address and telephone number, as designated points of contact, which
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`representatives of the Plaintiffs may use to communicate with Jalil Defendant; (b)
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`identify all of that Jalil Defendant’s businesses by all of their names, telephone
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`numbers, and physical, postal, email, and Internet addresses; (0) describe the
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`activities of each business, including the goods and services offered, the means of
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`advertising, marketing, and sales, and the involvement of any other Defendant
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`(which Defendant Wissam Jalil must describe if he knows or should know due to
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`his own involvement); (d) describe in detail whether and how that Jalil Defendant
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`is in compliance with each Section of this Order, and (e) provide a copy of each
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`Order Acknowledgment obtained pursuant to this Order, unless previously
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`submitted to the Plaintifi's.
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`Additionally, Defendant Wassim Jalil must:
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`(3) identify all telephone
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`numbers and all physical, postal, email and Internet addresses, including all
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`residences; (b) identify all business activities, including any business for which he
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`performs services whether as an employee or otherwise and any entity in which
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`he has any ownership interest; and (c) describe in detail his involvement in each
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`such business, including title, role, responsibilities, participation, authority,
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`DEbrief@fic.gov or sent by overnight courier (not the US. Postal Service) to: Associate
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`Director for Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
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`600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580; the subject line must begin:
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`FTC et al., v. Educare Centre Services, Inc. X190039.
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`XII.
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`RECORDKEEPING
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Jalil Defendants must create certain records
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`Specifically, Corporate Defendant and Defendant \Vissam Jalil for any business that such
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`Jalil Defendant, individually or collectively with any other Defendant, is a majority
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`Personnel records showing, for each Person providing services, whether as an
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`position; dates of service; and (if applicable) the reason for termination;
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`Records ofall consumer complaints and refiind requests, whether received
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`XIII. COMPLIANCE MONITORING
`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the purpose of monitoring the Jalil
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`Defendants’ compliance with this Order, including the financial representations upon
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`which part of the judgment was suspended and any failure to transfer any assets as
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`Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of a written request from a representative of
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`requested information, which must be sworn under penalty ofperjury; appear for
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`depositions via telephone or videoconference; and produce documents for inspection and
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`copying. The Plaintiffs are also authorized to obtain discovery, without further leave of
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`court, using any of the procedures prescribed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 29, 30
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`(including telephonic depositions), 31, 33, 34, 36, 45, and 69.
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`For matters concerning this Order, the Plaintiffs are authorized to communicate
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`Plaintifi's to interview any employee or other Person affiliated with any Jalil Defendant
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`who has agreed to such an interviewd The Person interviewed may have counsel present
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`representatives as consumers, suppliers, or other individuals or entities, to Jalil
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`Defendants or any individual or entity affiliated with Jalil Defendants, without the
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`necessity of identification or prior notice. Nothing in this Order limits the Plaintiffs’
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`lawful use of compulsory process, pursuant to Sections 9 and 20 of the FTC Act, 15
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`U.S.C. §§ 49, 57b-1.
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`Upon written request from a representative of the Plaintiffs, any consumer
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`reporting agency must furnish consumer reports concerning Defendant Wissam Jalil,
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`pursuant to Section 604(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §l68lb(a)(l).
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`[T [S FURTHER ORDERED that this Court retainsjurisdiction ofthis matter for
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`SO ORDERED, this
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`KATHLEEN CARDONE
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Christ0pher E. Brown
`J. Ronald Brooke, Jr.
`Federal Trade Commission
`600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Mailston (303523
`Washington, DC 20580
`(202) 326-2825 I cbrown3@fic.gov
`(202) 326-3484 Ijbrooke@ftc.gov
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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`Erin Leahy (Ohio Bar #69509)
`W. Travis Garrison (Ohio Bar #76757)
`Assistant Attorney General
`Ohio Attorney General’s Office
`Consumer Protection Section
`30 E. Broad Street, l4"I Floor
`Columbus, Ohio 43215
`(514) 752.4730
`Erin.Leahy@OhioAttomeyGeneral.gov
`Travis.Garrison@OhioAttomeyGeneral.gov
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`Haroon
`The Rafalj Law Firm, PLLC
`Anomey for Defendants “fissam Jalil and Tripletel, Inc.
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`J. Ronald Brooke, Jr.
`Federal Trade Commission
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`600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Mailstop CC—8528
`Washington, DC 20580
`(202) 326-2825 / cbrown3@ftc.gov
`(202) 326-3484 / jbrooke@ftc.gov
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`Tripletel, Inc.
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`Wissam Jalil
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`The Rafati Law Firm, PLLC
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