Attachment 3
CONSUMER PROTECTION MISSION
JOINT FEDERAL/STATE
ANTI-FRAUD LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
Anti-Fraud Effort |
FTC |
Federal/State |
Total |
Fiscal Year 1995 |
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| Project Telesweep | 34 | 20 | 54 |
| Recovery Rooms | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Fiscal Year 1996 |
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| Project Roadblock | 8 | 77 | 85 |
| Operation Senior Sentinel | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Operation Loan Shark | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Operation Copycat | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Operation Payback | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Operation Jackpot | 8 | 48 | 56 |
| Project Career Sweep | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Project $cholar$cam | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Internet/Credit Repair | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Project BuyLines | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Fiscal Year 1997 |
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| Operation Missed Fortune | 11 | 98 | 109 |
| TOTAL | 116 | 275 | 391 |
The FTC led a series of federal/state coordinated law enforcement efforts called "sweeps". In fiscal year 1996, the FTC cases alone stopped consumer fraud totaling $700 million. For every case the FTC brought, state and federal partners brought two more.