FTC Warns Children’s App Maker BabyBus About Potential COPPA Violations
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The FTC's letter notes that BabyBus does not get parents’ consent before collecting children’s personal information.
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FTC and Florida Close the Book on Fraudulent Business Directory Schemes
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The defendants in two online business directory schemes, one based in Montreal, the other in Oklahoma City, have been banned from the business directory business under settlements with the Federal...
T-Mobile to Pay At Least $90 Million, Including Full Consumer Refunds To Settle FTC Mobile Cramming Case
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Note: A conference call for media with FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich, FCC Enforcement Bureau Director Travis LeBlanc and Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell occured as...
Defendant in FTC Landline Phone Cramming Case Settles Charges
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One of the defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation that placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’ phone bills has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...
Federal Trade Commission Appoints Marina Lao as Director, Office of Policy Planning
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has appointed Professor Marina Lao as Director of the agency’s Office of Policy Planning, succeeding Professor Andrew I. Gavil, who is returning to...
FTC Settlement Bans Florida Scammer from Mortgage Modification and Loan Business
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A Florida-based scammer will be banned from the mortgage modification business as part of a settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that he tricked financially strapped consumers into...
FTC Takes Action Against Two Auto Dealership Chains For Violating 2012 Orders Prohibiting Deceptive Advertising of Vehicle Costs
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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two auto dealer groups, operating in five states with more than two dozen retail stores, for civil penalties for violations of FTC administrative...
Concurring Statement of Maureen K. Ohlhausen – In the Matter of Federal Trade Commission v. Kevin Wright; HCG Platinum, LLC; and Right Way Nutrition, LLC (“HCG Platinum”)
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By
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair
Federal Trade Commission Continues Crackdown on Fad Weight-Loss Products
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Case Is Second Settlement with Marketers of HCG Products this Year
FTC Shutters Wide-Ranging Operation That Perpetrated Phony Mortgage Relief Scam
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A federal court has entered orders against 22 defendants who offered financially strapped consumers fake home-loan modification services that the FTC claims violated the FTC Act and the Mortgage...
Kevin Wright; HCG Platinum, LLC; et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3193
FTC Sends Refund Checks Totaling More Than $26 Million to Consumers Who Bought Sensa Weight-Loss Supplement
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 477,083 refund checks totaling $26,023,329 this week to consumers who bought the sprinkle-on weight-loss supplement Sensa. They are legitimate refund checks...
Wacoal America, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3095
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