Marketers of “FREE” iPad settles with FTC

If they are unable to pay, then they should be thrown into jail.

Hear Hear! If you can't pay the fine you should work it off. Physical labor to improve the infrastructure (at minimum wage until the accumulated wages were equal to the fine) would help out communities.

That would be the only good use nowadays for reinstituting debtor's prison!!  ;-)

Why haven't they banned phone spam yet!?!?!?
It's 2014!!! This [***] is stupid!!!

Debtors prison? Who extended the scam bags credit? They committed fraud. Thats a prison term in my state of florida.

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This has been happening a lot more since 2008 (year Obama got elected) surprise.

Seems like some jail time would serve well. They can't pay back what they stole, the money that went to the "affiliates" is not to be attempted to be recovered, and the criminals lose nothing. LOTS of jail time would work well, about 10 years each.

"They committed fraud. Thats a prison term in my state of florida."

I live in Florida too, and I only wish that were more true.
England is the homeland of the English.
France is the homeland of the French.
Florida is the homeland of scammers, and Boca is their capital.

If they can't pay, throw them in real prison with Spike, Tiny, and Bubba. (Same with these rich jerks who do dodgy things: no Club Fed.) The threat of becoming somebody's 'special friend' would be a spectacular deterrent to bad behavior.

you dislike big government because they are big with no teeth.

OMG
they have been banned from sending spam - which is kinda funny since its illegal anyway

Did you not notice - the judgment was suspended.  So effectively this isn't even a slap on the wrist.  Effectively they were told don't do it again, or we'll send you to bed without your supper, so that should be good enough.

The FTC is a paper tiger.  All sizzle no steak.  They should have the power to CRIMINALLY prosecutes these low lifes.  Allow 1000 calls for the first day then 1 day in jail for each call over 1000.   No fine....jail time.   To stop crime the potential criminals must fear the consequences.   Now they shrug their shoulders.   In Saudi Arabia the crime rate is low <grin>  the criminals just disappear.   There's nobody left that commits crime.   If telemarketers had their fingers cut off....poof...problem gone.  BJNJ

Got a letter today which essentially says "---pleased to inform you that you're going to receive an Android Touchpad Tablet Computer from our gifting department, at no charge. Congratulations!   Simply call the gifting department at 1-855-844-8395, and reference the RSVP gift code at the bottom of your letter. It's that easy! Call now, and we'll also include  complimentary $100 Restaurant Card! "   I wonder how many people get suckered into responding to this letter. (if it's too good to be true-------etc.