COUNSEL FOR THE DECEIVED - CASE STUDIES IN CONSUMER FRAUD

• NCJ Number: 39582
• Author(s): P G SCHRAG
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 216 pages
• Sale Source: Pantheon Books
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BOOK RECOUNTS AUTHOR'S CONTACT WTH GROSS INSTANCES OF CONSUMER FRAUD.

Abstract

HOME IMPROVEMENT SWINDLES ALONE ARE SAID TO COST AMERICANS MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. COUNTERFEIT BRANDING OF MERCHANDISE IS SAID TO COST TWO BILLION DOLLARS. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS RECEIVES 20,000 COMPLAINTS A YEAR, ALMOST ALL OF THEM JUSTIFIED. YET LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE VICTIMS OF CONSUMER FRAUD COMPLAIN TO A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THESE FACTS FROM THIS BOOK INDICATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEW YORK LAWYER WHO HAS REPRESENTED MANY VICTIMS OF CONSUMER FRAUD. HE SUGGESTS THAT STIFFER GOVERNMENT PENALTIES WOULD HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON ALLEVIATING THE PROBLEM....BS