Mortgage Relief Scammers Fined $2.2 Million by FTC

Two companies and a trio of related mortgage relief scammers have been fined more than $2 million by the Federal Trade Commission for swindling homeowners facing foreclosure.

Under a settlement with the FTC, David Botton, his sister April Botton Krawiecki, their father Samy Botton, Kirkland Young LLC and Attorney Aid LLC been all been banned from the mortgage relief services business. The defendants have also agreed to surrender $2.2 million in assets to refund consumers defrauded by their mortgage relief scam.