Number	21233
Subject	Fraud
Source	KNXV-TV (Phoenix)
State	AZ
Year	2003
Publication Date	April 27, 28; May 5
Summary	This undercover investigation uncovered a telemarketing business that claimed to employ people with disabilities. In fact, the employees did not have disabilities, and the household items they peddled over the phone to sympathetic buyers sold at prices 10 to 50 times the retail value. An undercover researcher got hired at the company for an inside look. The report prompted an FBI investigation.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	20
Keywords	telemarketing;telemarketers;fraud;handicapped;disabilities;senior citizens;seniors
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