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New FTC Data Show Skyrocketing Consumer Reports About Game-Like Online Job Scams
FTC Staff Sends Warning Letters to Healthcare Plan Marketers and Lead Generators
Statement on FTC’s Win in Lawsuit Against the Makers of Dietary Supplement Prevagen
FTC Sends More Than $540,000 in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Phantom and Abusive Debt Collection Scheme
FTC Acts to Stop Scheme that Bilked Millions out of Student Loan Borrowers
FTC Sends Refund Payments to Consumers Impacted by Epic Games’ Unlawful Billing Practices
Gravy Analytics, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
Mobilewalla Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
IntelliVision Technologies Corp.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
FTC Sends Payments to Consumers Harmed by Vivint’s Misuse of Consumer Credit Reports
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
Smart home security and monitoring company Vivint Smart Homes Inc. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the Utah-based firm misused credit reports to help unqualified customers obtain financing for the company’s products and services.
The FTC is announcing it is sending payments totaling $500,000 to consumers who were harmed by home security company Vivint Smart Homes, Inc., which allegedly misused credit reports to help unqualified customers get financing for the company’s products and services.
FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Deceived by False Claims of ‘Next Day’ Shipping on COVID PPE at Height of Pandemic
SuperGoodDeals.com, Inc.
The FTC filed a complaint against SuperGoodDeals.com, Inc. and its owner, Kevin J. Lipsitz, alleging that the defendants falsely promised consumers next-day shipping of facemasks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, the FTC alleged that some of the other merchandise sold through the SuperGoodDeals website were falsely advertised as “authentic” or “certified.”
Kevin Lipsitz, who defrauded consumers by falsely promising “next day” shipping of facemasks and respirators to consumers at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be banned from selling personal protective equipment (PPE) and be required to turn over more than $145,000 to the FTC.
In December 2024, the FTC sent more than $114,000 to consumers who were deceived by “next day shipping” claims on badly needed personal protective equipment (PPE) by online seller SuperGoodDeals.com.
Intellivision, In the Matter of
Announcing settlement with IntelliVision Technologies over allegations that the company made false claims about its AI-powered facial recognition software.