[wheelerwj]

It's very possible, but the wording said something like, "allowing many agents to take a cut.." so I would read that like it was an additional payment or kickback of some kind.

If it was just part of business, it would have been every agent right?

[Sacho]

> Fraudsters offering fake prizes and job opportunities swindled tens of thousands of U.S. consumers, giving Western Union agents a cut in return for processing the payments, authorities said.

I don't see it. I'm reading the actual court documents now, which I found by googling and going to the FTC's website:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/01/...

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/western_uni... - complaint

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/western_uni... - final judgement, which includes way more than just the monetary fine.