A U.S. judge threw out a central claim in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing Walmart of turning a blind eye to scam artists who used its money transfer services to fleece consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. In a decision on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Manish Shah in Chicago rejected a claim that Walmart owes monetary damages for violating the federal Telemarketing Sales Rule. The rule prohibits deceptive and unfair acts in telemarketing, and bans money transfers to pay for goods and services offered through telemarketing.
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