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FTC Charges Auto Dealerships in Arizona and New Mexico with Falsifying Consumers’ Information on Financing Documents
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of four auto dealers operating in Arizona and New Mexico, near the border of the Navajo Nation, with a range of illegal activities, including...
FTC Amends Privacy Act System of Records Notices
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted final amendments to its system of records notices under the Privacy Act of 1974 to ensure the Commission can disclose records to other agencies in the...
FTC Action Halts Phony Grants Operation
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At the FTC’s request, a federal court has halted a telemarketing scheme that took at least $3 million from consumers, including elderly and disabled persons, who sought help with paying personal...
FTC and Florida Attorney General Say Scheme Used Deception to Sell Labor Law Posters
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The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have charged a Florida man and his company with tricking business owners into buying labor law posters by sending mailers that mimic invoices from...
FTC Returns Money to People Targeted by Phony Debt Collection Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 597 checks totaling more than $184,000 to people who were allegedly tricked into paying phony debts. In October 2015, the FTC and the State of New York charged...
Prepared Statement of the Commission On FTC Enforcement of Operation Chokepoint-Related Businesses, Before the Subcommittees on National Security and Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
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Andrew Smith, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
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P180101
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FTC Testifies before Two House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees About the Agency’s Work to Combat Payment Processors Who Facilitate Fraud
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In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Subcommittee on Government Operations, the Federal Trade Commission described its...
FTC Completes Review of Recycled Oil Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has completed its regulatory review of the Recycled Oil Rule (formally, the “Test Procedures and Labeling Standards for Recycled Oil”). The Rule, issued in 1995, allows...
FTC Approves Final Revisions to Jewelry Guides
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its Jewelry Guides to help prevent deception in jewelry marketing. The Guides (formally, the “Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries”)...
FTC and States Combat Fraudulent Charities That Falsely Claim to Help Veterans and Servicemembers
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The Federal Trade Commission, along with law enforcement officials and charity regulators from 70 offices in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico, announced more...
Conair Corporation (Cuisinart kitchen appliances)
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Devin Willis fka Devin Domond, Former Chief of Staff for Advertising Practices
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Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Before House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” Before the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives
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Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman
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