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Consumer Reporting Agency for Casinos Settles FTC Charges
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A nationwide specialty consumer reporting agency that provides casinos with credit reports that are used to assess customers’ eligibility for credit and check cashing has agreed to settle Federal...
Marketers Banned from Selling Credit Repair and Mortgage Relief Services; Ordered to Pay $7.5 Million
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has banned eight companies and their principals from selling credit repair and mortgage relief services, and ordered them to pay more than $7...
FTC Testifies About Continuing Efforts to Protect Consumersfrom Deceptive Debt Relief Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that the FTC will continue its stepped-up efforts to protect financially strapped consumers...
Earth Day Tips for Saving Energy Around the House
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Searching for ways to make the most of Earth Day? Start by looking at home. Take a tour, in English or Spanish, at the Federal Trade Commission’s ftc.gov/energysavings. You’ll find ways to save energy...
Opinion 10-1
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Addresses third-party casket delivery restrictions by funeral providers that unreasonably burden consumer choice.
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Opinion 10-1
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FTC to Host Public Roundtable to Review Whether Technology Changes Warrant Changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
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In light of rapidly changing technology such as the increased use of smartphones and other devices to access the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public roundtable, “Protecting Kids’...
Federal Regulators Release Model Consumer Privacy Notice Online Form Builder
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Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice. The Online...
Dyna-E International, Inc., and George Wheeler, Dyna-E International, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3187
Docket Number
9336
FTC Sends Out More Redress Checks to Victims of the J.K. Publications Credit Card Fraud
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Beginning April 9, the FTC, through its claims administrator, will be mailing more than 145,000 checks totaling over $4 million to consumers identified as victims of an illegal credit card billing...
FTC Provides Comments to FCC on Protecting Children in Traditional and New Media Environments; FTC Approves Final Settlement Order Regarding The M Group, Inc., Doing Business As Bamboosa; FTC Approves Final Settlement Order Regarding Roaring Fork Valley
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FTC Provides Comments to FCC on Protecting Children in Traditional and New Media Environments The Federal Trade Commission explains how it helps to keep children safe in both fast-changing online...
M Group, The, Inc., d/b/a Bamboosa, and Mindy Johnson, Michael Moore, and Morris Saintsing, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3184
Docket Number
9340
Telemarketers Barred from Falsely Telling Consumers That Proceeds from the Sale of Household Goods Will Benefit Charities or the Disabled
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An Arizona-based telemarketing operation that identified itself as “Helping Hands of Hope” has settled charges that it conned consumers into buying household items such as light bulbs and trash bags...
Make the Most of Your Money During Financial Literacy Month
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April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information to help you make the most of your money whether you’re a student, young...
Helping Hands of Hope, Inc., et al., and Robyn Mayhan
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082-3126
Data Medical Capital, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X000001
FTC Charges Payday Lender with Deceiving Employers in Scheme to Collect Debts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a payday loan operation with illegally trying to garnish borrowers’ wages and using other illegal debt-collection practices. The FTC seeks to stop these...
FTC, Florida Attorney General Charge Promoters of Bogus Alcohol Cure
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing a company that touted a phony cure for alcoholism, charging that it tricked hundreds of problem drinkers into paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for a...
New Jersey-Based Telephone Fundraisers Banned from Soliciting Donations; Will Pay $18.8 Million for Violating FTC Order
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The operators of a New Jersey-based telemarketing scheme will pay a record $18.8 million and leave the charitable donation business to settle charges that they violated a Federal Trade Commission...
Civic Development Group, LLC, Scott Pasch, and David Keezer., United States of America (for the FTC)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
Docket Number
C-3810
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