Timeshare resellers targeted in AG office probe

November 03, 2009 03:45PM

The office of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing a pair of Palm Beach County-based timeshare resale marketing companies for collecting $4 million per month in marketing fees while making little effort to actually sell the units. Universal Marketing Solutions and Creative Vacation Solutions were solicited hundreds of customers through the Web and telemarketing, the attorney general's office said, and operating out of offices in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. The companies promised to match timeshare sellers with buyers, but never followed through. The suit seeks restitution for customers as well as civil penalties and reimbursement for the costs of the investigation. [Palm Beach Post]


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