May, 1999 - A jury in Hale County, Alabama, awarded the largest verdict in Alabama history at that time to a family duped by a sales and finance scam. The scam involved soliciting customers to buy satellite dishes and financing them on a bogus credit card. The family was told that they would make payments for a certain amount of time when in actuality their payments would last much longer. They were grossly overcharged. The company received thousands of complaints regarding these practices but because of their huge profits from the scam, they continued to engage in these activities. Testimony at trial indicated they targeted certain people in our society to perpetuate the scheme.

As a result of this verdict, the finance company quit its activities in the state of Alabama. Other finance companies got the message to quit these activities as this case was explained by lead counsel on Good Morning America, The O'Reilly Factor, and many other news outlets.