The Federal Trade Commission has obtained an order against companies that allegedly ran ads on Facebook and Instagram to market a bogus get-rich-quick scheme.

Digital Altitude, Aspire Processing and other related companies sold paid memberships to a program that was supposed to help consumers make extra money from home, the FTC alleged in a complaint unveiled Thursday. Some consumers paid more than $50,000 for their memberships, the FTC alleged in its complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In total, the companies allegedly raked in more than $14 million by duping consumers, according to the FTC.

On February 1, U.S. District Court Judge John Kronstadt in the Central District of California entered a temporary restraining order banning Digital Altitude and the other companies from misrepresenting their program. Kronstadt also froze the assets of the companies and their officers.

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