The Federal Trade Commission has accused a man and his employment-opportunity companies of marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service employment program.
The FTC’s complaint named as defendants Jeffrey Wayne Simmons (aka Wayne Simmons, aka Wayne Stevens) and his companies, Information Resources of Nashville LLC and Career Services LLC. The complaint was filed Jan. 20 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

According to the FTC, the defendants used nationwide ads and telephone pitches last year to misrepresent that they were connected with or endorsed by the postal service; that postal jobs were available; that customers would receive study materials to help them pass the postal entrance exam; and that customers who passed the exam were assured jobs with the USPS.

When consumers called the number in the classified ads, telemarketers told them they were affiliated with the USPS and that positions were available, the FTC said. Consumers then were told that they must pay a registration fee to take the exam and to receive study materials. Prices ranged from $128.80 to $168.20.

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