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FTC filed a motion in federal court asking the court to hold the named payment processors in contempt for violating the agency's 2015 order.
An official FTC press release dated January 13, 2026 states that "The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to hold the operators of a payment processing operation in contempt for systematically violating their 2015 order with the agency over allegations they illegally processed credit card payments," and notes this was done "in a motion filed in federal court." The release identifies the operation as Cliq, Inc. (formerly CardFlex, Inc.) and its executives, and describes the alleged violations of a stipulated final order entered in 2015. A 2015 FTC press release confirms that CardFlex, Andrew Phillips, and John Blaugrund were subject to a stipulated final order that restricted their payment processing activities, which is the order the FTC now alleges they violated. Verdict: True, because the FTC’s own contemporaneous documentation confirms it filed a court motion asking a federal court to hold the operators of a payment processing operation in contempt for allegedly violating a 2015 FTC order.