On June 26, 2025, the FTC announced that it was sending checks and PayPal payments to 9,224 consumers affected by the Credit Game scheme operated by Michael and Valerie Rando. If consumers have any questions regarding the payments, they can contact the Refund Administrator, Simpluris, at 833-296-0723. Additionally, consumers can visit the FTC website to view frequently asked questions about the refund process. Neither the Receiver nor the Receiver’s counsel has information regarding the refund process or payments made to specific consumers.

More information can be found in the following press releases from the FTC:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/06/ftc-sends-more-35-million-consumers-harmed-credit-game-credit-repair-scheme

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/rando-refunds

Receiver Maria Yip has finished liquidating the assets of the Receivership Estate. On October 3, 2024, the Receiver filed her Motion to Wind Down the Receivership with the Court. Doc.146.  A copy of that motion can be found at the following link. If the Court grants the motion, the Receiver will be authorized to hand over approximately $3.5 million to the FTC for consumer redress. The FTC, not the Receiver, will be handling this process.

If you have not already registered on the Receiver’s website, please take this opportunity to provide your contact information at the following link. The Receiver will give this information to the FTC which it will use in the course of its redress process.

The Receiver will update the website when the Court rules on this pending motion.

As noted in the parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 89) and the Court’s Order dated October 6, 2022 (Doc. 103), the parties made significant progress toward settlement of the FTC’s claims against the defendants during and subsequent to the mediation conference held with Magistrate Judge Monte Richardson. The Court has entered a Preliminary Injunction, the language of which is similar to the Temporary Restraining Order entered at the beginning of the case. Additionally, the Court has entered a stay of the case (except for the Receiver’s efforts)(Doc. 106), during which time the FTC lawyers have sought approval of the negotiated settlement from the Federal Trade Commission. Assuming that the settlement is approved by the FTC and subsequently by the Court, the Receiver will continue her efforts to marshal and liquidate assets for the benefit of aggrieved consumers and other creditors. Thereafter, the FTC will handle the distribution process of the funds collected for consumers. Any distribution will not occur until 2023 at the earliest.