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FTC Amends Complaint Against Invention Promotion Scheme Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints...
Plain Language Guidance
Small Business Computer Security Basics
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Here are a few computer security basics to help your company, even if you’re the only employee. If you have employees, train them to follow these tips. If you collect any consumer information, also...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Envelope-Stuffing Scheme
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An envelope-stuffing operation is banned from selling business and work-at-home opportunities under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission . The settlement resolves FTC charges that David S...
Fair Guide (Construct Data Publishers d/b/a Fair Guide)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3001
X130040
FTC Halts Invention Promotion Scheme Charged With Bilking Millions of Dollars from Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of an invention-promotion scam, World Patent Marketing , with deceiving consumers and suppressing complaints about the company by using threats...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Business Opportunity Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 2,031 checks totaling more than $436,000 to people who lost money to Money Now Funding, a work-at-home scheme that conned people , including many seniors with...
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of Uber, Inc.
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By
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
152 3082
Uber Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC Charges That It Recruited Prospective Drivers with Exaggerated Earnings Claims
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Uber Technologies, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning...
FTC Sends Checks to Nearly 350,000 Victims of Herbalife’s Multi-Level Marketing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to nearly 350,000 people who lost money running Herbalife businesses. The checks are the result of a July 2016 settlement with the FTC that required...
Herbalife International of America, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
142 3037
FTC Returns More Than $3.7 Million to People Harmed by Pyramid Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 285,361 checks totaling more than $3.7 million to people who lost money to Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM), a pyramid scheme whose operators were banned from...
Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3069
FTC Action Halts Telemarketing Scheme That Pitched Money-Making Opportunities and Grants
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged three individuals and five companies they control with bilking money from seniors, veterans, and debt-laden consumers by selling them a worthless money-making...
Public Statement
Applications for Herbalife Independent Compliance Auditor
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In the Matter of Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Herbalife International of America, Inc , the following applications were submitted in response to the FTC’s August 9, 2016 Request for...
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Adonis Hoffman
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Affiliated Monitors
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AlixPartners
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Ankura Consulting
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BDO
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Crowell & Moring and StoneTurn Group
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Exiger
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Farrell Fritz
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FTI Consulting
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Goldin Associates
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Guidepost Solutions
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Hemming Morse
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Jack Conway and Deloitte Advisory
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Jenner & Block
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McDonald Hopkins
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McGuireWoods
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Moore Financial Services
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Pallas Global
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Patomak Global Partners
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Robert E. Cooper Jr.
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Scott E. Johnson
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ServiceQuest
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Squire Patton Boggs
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Treliant Risk Advisors
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Venable LLP
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FTC Seeks Applicants for Independent Compliance Auditor to Assess Herbalife’s Compliance with Court Order
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking applications for an Independent Compliance Auditor (ICA) to assess and report on Herbalife’s compliance with and implementation of a judicially-enforceable...
Jul15
FTC Press Conference: Herbalife
A press conference with FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez was held at 10 a.m. ET, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 432, Washington, DC. Chairwoman Ramirez and FTC staff took questions from the media about...
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