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Proposed FinCEN Rule Should Help FTC Track Down Perpetrators of Fraud
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Federal Trade Commission staff filed a comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury, in which FinCEN...
FTC Staff Comment on Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s Proposed Customer Due Diligence Rule for Financial Institutions
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Matter Number
P124402
FTC staff filed a comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury, supporting the proposed Customer Due...
FTC Extends Deadline for Submitting Public Comments on Review of the Telemarketing Sales Rule Through November 13, 2014
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for consumers to submit comments regarding the agency’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) through November 13, 2014. On July 31, 2014, the FTC...
Sweepstakes Scammer Banned from Prize Promotion Industry
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A sweepstakes operator that took millions of dollars from consumers throughout the United States and dozens of other countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Japan, is banned from...
Applied Marketing Sciences, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3106
FTC Halts Fake Medicare Scheme that Took Money from Seniors’ Bank Accounts
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a telemarketing scheme that tricked senior citizens by pretending to be part of Medicare, and took millions of dollars from consumers’...
FTC Extends Comment Period for Big Data Workshop to Oct. 31
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Oct. 31 the deadline for public comments related to its recent workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” Instructions for providing...
Public Statement
Interview with FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators”
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Norm Thompson Outfitters and Wacoal America Settle FTC Charges Over Weight-Loss Claims for Caffeine-infused Shapewear
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The companies have settled charges that slimming claims for their caffeine-infused products were false and not substantiated by scientific evidence.
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that L’Oréal USA, Inc. Made Deceptive Advertising Claims for its Anti-Aging Cosmetics
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that cosmetics company L’Oréal USA, Inc. made deceptive advertising claims about its Lancôme...
L'Oreal USA, In the Matter of
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
122 3016
Federal Appeals Court Upholds District Court Order that Permanently Bars Telemarketers From Pitching Mortgage and Debt Relief Programs and Awards $5.7 Million for Consumer Redress
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“The court decision announced today is a major win for consumers nationwide,” said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “It affirms that marketers can’t get away with...
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