National Solutions
Telemarketer is Arrested
A telemarketer for the company, National Solutions, has been
arrested for participating in a timeshare marketing scam in Florida. Kathryn Garten has been arrested and indicted
on a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as of November 16. Ms. Garten used aliases of “Porter Sullivan”
and “Loreen Rinehart” to scam victims throughout the United States, Canada and
other countries. The scam cost timeshare
owners approximately $6 million.
Several business names were used in the scam including the
following:
Bluescape Timeshares International, Country Wide Timeshares,
Countrywide Timeshares MA, Landmark Timeshares, Propertys Direct, Quicksale
Propertys, Sun Property Networks, Sun Property’s, Universal Propertys, VIM
Timeshares, Propertys DRK, Quick Sale Advisers, Quick Sale International, City
Resorts, Resort Advisers, American Timeshares, Exit Week, and Resort Advisors
Internal.
The scam began in April of 2008 and continued until July 13,
2011. The Federal Trade Commission
investigated the Natural Solutions company and filed a civil complaint in the
United States District court for the Middle District of Florida in
Orlando. The Federal Trade Commission
was able to obtain a court order to gain access to the offices and records of
the company. This indictment is in
succession to two other timeshare resale scams being criminally prosecuted by
the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois over
the past three years.