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APPLY KNOWLEDGE, LLC

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Last Updated
December 8, 2021
Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Apply Knowledge, LLC, also doing
business as Apply Knowledge Institute and Coaching Department; Dahm
International, LLC; Dominion of Virgo Investments, Inc.; Ecommerce Support, LLC;
Essent Media, LLC; Evertex Solutions,LLC; EVI, LLC, also doing business as
Members Learning Center; Nemrow Consulting, LLC; Novus North, LLC, also doing
business as Mymentoring, Yes International, LLC, and Your Ecommerce Support
International, LLC; Purple Buffalo, LLC, also doing business as Netmarketing;
Supplier Source, LLC; 365Dailyfit, LLC, also doing business as Net Training;
Vensure International, LLC; VI Education, LLC; David Gregory Bevan; Jessica
Bjarnson; Phillip Edward Gannuscia; Chad Huntsman; Richard Nemrow; Jeffrey
Nicol; Thomas J. Riskas, III; Babata Sonnenberg; and Ken Sonnenberg, Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3121
X140018
Civil Action Number
2:14-cv-00088-DB
Federal Court
District of Utah


CASE SUMMARY

The Federal Trade Commission is returning an additional $25 million to consumers
who lost money to a business coaching scheme that used the names Coaching
Department and Apply Knowledge, among others. These refunds are the result of
the FTC’s settlements with the scheme’s ringleaders, the companies through which
the scheme operated, and a payment processor who helped facilitate the scheme.


CASE TIMELINE

December 8, 2021

PRESS RELEASE: Press Release: FTC Returns Additional $25 Million to Consumers
Who Lost Money to Business Coaching Scam

October 7, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Press Release: FTC Returns More Than $2 Million to Victims of
Business Coaching Scheme

April 30, 2018
File
Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment As To
eCommerce Support LLC, Issued By the United States District Court After Granting
the Commission’s Motion For Summary Judgment Against eCommerce Support LLC
(137.8 KB)
File
Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendants
Dahm International, LLC; Dominion of Virgo Investments, Inc.; Essent Media, LLC;
EVI, LLC; Nemrow Consulting, LLC; Novus North, LLC; Purple Buffalo, LLC;
365DAILYFIT, LLC; Vensure International, LLC; Jessica Bjarnson; Phillip Edward
Gannuscia II; Richard Scott Nemrow; Jeffrey Nicol; and Thomas J. Riskas III
(1.92 MB)

PRESS RELEASE: Press Release: Defendants Who Took Part in Business Coaching
Scheme Settle FTC Charges

March 2, 2016
File
Stipulated Settlement Order as to Defendants Apply Knowledge, LLC, Evertex
Solutions LLC, Supplier Source LLC, and Ken Sonnenberg [Entered by the Court]
(2.5 MB)
File
Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendant
David Gregory Bevan [Entered by the Court] (59.82 KB)
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Attachment A to Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment
as to Defendant David Gregory Bevan (681.88 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Press Release: Defendants Who Took Part in Business Coaching
Scheme Settle FTC Charges

February 24, 2014
File
Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [Seal Lifted]
(1.18 MB)
File
Temporary Restraining Order, Asset Freeze, Appointment of a Temporary Receiver,
Immediate Access, and Order to Show Cause Why a Preliminary Injunction Should
Not Issue [Seal Lifted] (4.19 MB)

PRESS RELEASE: Press Release: FTC Halts Multi-Million Dollar Work-From-Home
Business Coaching Scheme


RELATED REFUNDS

Coaching Department Refunds
Reembolsos de Coaching Department
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