The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint last Friday against a company called The Credit Game, which claimed it could boost credit scores through “credit piggybacking” and other credit repair services. The FTC's complaint against the operators of The Credit Game (formerly called Wholesale Tradelines) says that the services were a scam and that the defendants engaged in illegal practices to bilk cash-strapped people out of hundreds or thousands of dollars for repair services that were ineffective, undeliverable, or illegal. Details are here.
