Under the terms of a U.S. district court judgment and order announced today, two defendants in an FTC cross-border telemarketing fraud case have been barred from engaging in deceptive marketing in the future and will pay $15,000 for consumer redress. Simax Corporation, which allegedly targeted U.S. consumers with no credit or poor credit histories with promises of advance-fee credit cards that were never provided. The FTC brought the case in November 2004 as part of a major multi-jurisdictional cross-border fraud law enforcement initiative.