Senate Commerce Committee: Hearing on Oversight of the FTC
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By
Terrell McSweeny, Former Commissioner
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FTC Testifies before Senate Commerce Committee about Agency’s Work to Protect Consumers and Promote Competition
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In testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Federal Trade Commission described its work, and called for several changes to the FTC Act that would...
FTC to Return Almost $20 Million to Consumers Lured by Credit Monitoring Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission will return almost $20 million to more than 145,000 consumers across the country who were victimized by One Technologies LP and its two partner companies, in an online...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission
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By
Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman;
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair;
Terrell McSweeny, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P859900
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Text of the Commission Testimony
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FTC Wins Summary Judgment against Marketers of Supplement That Claimed To Prevent or Reverse Gray Hair
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A U.S. district court judge has ruled that COORGA Nutraceuticals Corporation and its principal Garfield Coore violated the law by claiming their “Grey Defence” dietary supplements reversed or...
COORGA Nutraceuticals Corp. (Grey Defence)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
142 3119
X150037
FTC Action: Court Bans Mortgage Relief Scammers from Debt Relief Business
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The operators of an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under a court order obtained by the...
FTC Charges Fake Prize Scheme Operators With Fraud
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a fake prize scheme with mailing phony prize notifications that tricked people into thinking they had won $1 million or more if they paid a...
FTC Action: NutraClick Must Change Billing Practices
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A nutritional supplement marketer called NutraClick has agreed to settle FTC charges that it lured consumers with “free” samples of supplements and beauty products and then violated the law by...
FTC Action: Debt Collector Banned from Collection Business
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A debt collection company’s former vice president will be banned from the debt collection business under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC’s complaint against Commercial Recovery...
FTC Announces Agenda for Oct. 13 Fall Tech Series Forum on Drones
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its Oct. 13 event examining how the growing use of unmanned aerial drones may impact consumer privacy. With businesses using drones for everything...
FTC Action: International Scammers Banned from Business Directory Business
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In an action brought by the Federal Trade Commission in 2013, a federal court has banned a Slovakia-based company and two of its executives from the business directory business, ending a scam that for...
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Mass-Market Consumer Fraud: Who is Most Susceptible to Becoming a Victim?
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This paper attempts to add to the understanding of what makes consumers more likely to become victims of fraud. More specifically, we sought to identify personal characteristics that were correlated...
FTC Staff Perspective Recaps Lead Generation Workshop
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A new paper by the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection provides a look at the information covered at the FTC’s October 2015 workshop on online lead generation, “Follow The Lead.”...
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