$1 MILLION Fine handed out to YTB

YTB Travel News: As reported by Elizabet Donald:WOOD RIVER -- Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the YourTravelBiz company and California has leveled a $1 million fine against it.

The company and its officers face litigation from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, according to spokesman Natalie Bauer.

Jonathan Quinn, an attorney for YourTravelBiz, said the company does not have a comment at this time on the Illinois complaint. "We have not been formally served, and when we are we will review the complaint and be in a position to comment," he said.

According to the Illinois complaint filed against YTB on Thursday, the company charged its clients a $450 initial fee plus $50 a month to purchase a travel Web site. The suit alleges that the company misled their clients as to the commissions they received, that advertising showed there was no cost to join. Calling it a pyramid scheme, the complaint alleges that the real money came from referring others to join YTB instead of the travel sales themselves.

According to the suit, the average representative earned about $114 a year, while executives made millions. Madigan alleges that the company violated the Consumer Fraud Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

This comes after California's lawsuit against the company was settled for a $1 million fine on Thursday.

Also, the company faces a federal class-action lawsuit from former customers.

The class-action suit, filed last year on behalf of more than 1,000 people who participated in the YTB system, seeks more than $100 million in damages.

For more information contact:

Daryl D. Alex
Regional Executive
Traverus Travel and Televerus Cell Phones
1-800-781-3254
1-877-744-3431
225-590-7700

YTB Travel International, Inc. stock downgraded by the street.com

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Daryl D. Alex
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Traverus Travel and TeleVerus Cell Phones
1.877.744.3431
225.590.7700

More YTB Travel Problems this time in Houston

YTB Travel News(Press Release): More YTB Travel Problems have been reported this time In Houston where a group
of School bus drivers and their families had dreams of taking a vacation
only to find out that they had been involved in one of many of YTB
Travel scam:






Come on YTB Travel don't you think that a enough is enough?



For More Information Contact:

Daryl D. Alex
Regional Executive
Traverus Travel
1.877.774.3431
225.590.7700