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Sean CFrom the first linked article:
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According to the FTC, the defendants raised more than $24 million between 1995 and early 1999, but contrary to their representations, they provided only a small amount to the nonprofits. Steven Chinarian, another defendant, has agreed to refrain from fundraising and must post a bond before engaging in telemarketing activities, as part of this settlement
In November 1998, the FTC filed a complaint against the above-named defendants, J.P. Cohen (a defendant not part of the settlement package), and the corporate entities through which they did business, U.S. Marketing and North American Charitable Services, Inc.
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If he's about 35 or so now as people are mentioning, he would have been about 23 in 1995 and about 26 when charged by the FTC, not 15.
Interesting reading: http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm