Bankcard Empire ripped off my senior citizen parents for over $10,000. What is the best recourse?

Question

Bankcard Empire apparently operates under the guise of a credit card processing company. They used some high pressure sales technique to get my senior citizen parents to invest $10k into buying phony leads that never even existed. Bankcard Empire never did any of the things that they said they would do for my parents. Now my parents are out $10k. Fortunately, they have saved all correspondance with BCE. I checked into the company and it is very suspect. There are a ton of bad reviews on Ripoff report.com. I have went as far as contacting a rep and I totally verified that they indeed have done nothing for my parents.

Answer 1

They should file a complaint with the FTC. Their toll free # 1-877-382-4357. Since they are in the US, they should be able to contact the US Attorney office in your state and the Banking Commissioner in your state.

Answer 2

get a lawyer and get in line because if they are shady then you are not going to get anything because they screwed you and they will go under and not have to pay anyone.

Answer 3

Contact the state attorney generals office in their state and file a complaint.

Contact the district attorney in their city and request the paperwork for a fraud complaint.

Contact your congressional representatives and ask them to help you get the money back.

Contact the local TV stations in their city for the investigattive reporters email addresses and ask for help.

Contact the city council in their city and ask for help.

Contact the IRS office for reporting tax evasion and report them for tax evasion. if you are correct, the IRS pays a reward.

Copy the crooks on all of your filings because if the heat gets high enough they just might contact you to arrange a deal.