Dustwun77
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Bad news for Gamecock fans
http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2007/06/08/exclusive-former-gamecock-football-star-named-in-federal-investigation/
"EXCLUSIVE: Former Gamecock football star named in federal investigation
By The Editor | June 8, 2007 - 8:02 pm - Posted in Featured, Around the state
COLUMBIA, SC (TPS) - The Palmetto Scoop has just learned that former University of South Carolina fullback Rob DeBoer is one of four men implicated in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit aimed at bringing down one of the largest pyramid schemes in the nation. According to court documents filed this week, DeBoer helped recruit others into the scheme by selling product packages to the Internet-based, virtual music store BurnLounge.
The men also improperly represented their income earned from the site, the reports noted.
As a result, the FTC seeks to shut down the BurnLounge and has frozen the defendant’s assets.The agency is asking for “an accounting and expedited discovery,” and has ordered that DeBoer “show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued.”
As one of those named in the case, DeBoer could be forced to pay thousands of dollars in restitution...."
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