COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY
Dec 22, 2005 15:57:51 GMT -5
Post by Ira A. Runyan on Dec 22, 2005 15:57:51 GMT -5
Norman Runyon passed this info to us........... 
COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY. "The suit, filed in Arapahoe County
District Court against Maxwell MacMaster and his company, Morphcorp LLC, seeks to cease the operation and penalize him up to $2,000 per book sold, which could amount to $300 million," according to the Denver Post.
The suit claims 150,000 people nationwide were swindled out of $49.95 each when they bought a book with fake family histories from Morphcorp of Denver. People who bought these genealogical "yearbooks" got the same family coat of arms, the same family recipes and even the same family jokes, according to a lawsuit, which was filed in late November.
Consumers with complaints regarding Morphcorp or the "Family Yearbook" may call the Colorado Consumer Line toll-free 1-800-222-4444 (in Colorado) or 1-800-332-2071 (out of state) or may download a complaint form from: www.ago.state.co.us/consline/complaint.pdf
For more information see the press release at the Colorado Attorney
General's website:
www.ago.state.co.us/press_detail.cfm?pressID=733
and read the newspaper article at:
www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3247588
Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: 21 December 2005, Vol. 8, No. 51.
Tim Singleton
Volunteer Adams Co. INGenWeb Coordinator
www.rootsweb.com/~inadams2/
COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY. "The suit, filed in Arapahoe County
District Court against Maxwell MacMaster and his company, Morphcorp LLC, seeks to cease the operation and penalize him up to $2,000 per book sold, which could amount to $300 million," according to the Denver Post.
The suit claims 150,000 people nationwide were swindled out of $49.95 each when they bought a book with fake family histories from Morphcorp of Denver. People who bought these genealogical "yearbooks" got the same family coat of arms, the same family recipes and even the same family jokes, according to a lawsuit, which was filed in late November.
Consumers with complaints regarding Morphcorp or the "Family Yearbook" may call the Colorado Consumer Line toll-free 1-800-222-4444 (in Colorado) or 1-800-332-2071 (out of state) or may download a complaint form from: www.ago.state.co.us/consline/complaint.pdf
For more information see the press release at the Colorado Attorney
General's website:
www.ago.state.co.us/press_detail.cfm?pressID=733
and read the newspaper article at:
www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3247588
Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: 21 December 2005, Vol. 8, No. 51.
Tim Singleton
Volunteer Adams Co. INGenWeb Coordinator
www.rootsweb.com/~inadams2/