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US Supreme Court puts a stop to FTC extracting big bucks from crooks to refund victims

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It's worth reading the Scotus blog summary. Roughly speaking, the FTC are using powers set up for temporary injunction to get permanent restitution. They actually have the powers to get permanent restitution, but it's a more cumbersome process.

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