{
  "id": 12390,
  "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/student-loan-forgiveness-scammer-permanently-banned-debt-relief-industry-telemarketing",
  "title": "Student Loan Forgiveness Scammer Permanently Banned from Debt Relief Industry and Telemarketing",
  "summary": "Dennise Merdjanian, an operator of a student loan debt forgiveness scheme, will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and telemarketing under a proposed order resolving the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that she and other operators took more than $45.9 million from consumers as part of their illegal student loan debt relief operatio View Press Release",
  "authors": "ndrayton",
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-21T12:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-22T05:10:49.469Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-ftc-press-releases",
  "source_name": "US FTC Press Releases",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12390",
  "original_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/student-loan-forgiveness-scammer-permanently-banned-debt-relief-industry-telemarketing",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}