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FTC Takes Action Against Multistate Auto Dealer Napleton for Sneaking Illegal Junk Fees onto Bills and Discriminating Against Black Consumers
Auto Marketing Company Banned from Industry Under FTC Order
16 CFR Part 313: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Traffic Jam Events, LLC, In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint in August 2020 against a marketer, Traffic Jam Events, LLC, and its owner, David J. Jeansonne II (collectively, the "Respondents"), charging multiple counts of deceptive conduct. The administrative complaint mirrors a prior federal court complaint, which the Commission voluntarily dismissed to pursue a broader administrative proceeding. On October 25, 2021, the Commission granted Complaint Counsel’s Motion for Summary Decision and ordered Respondents to cease and desist from such conduct for twenty years.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Alternative Fuels Rule)
FTC Obtains $450,000 Settlement in Tate’s Auto Group Case
Tate’s Auto Center
A group of auto dealerships in Arizona and New Mexico must cease business operations as part of a court-approved settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that the dealerships deceived consumers and falsified information on vehicle financing applications.
In a case filed in 2018, the FTC alleged that Tate’s Auto Center of Winslow, Inc.; Tate’s Automotive, Inc.; Tate Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. (doing business as Tate’s Auto Center); Tate’s Auto Center of Gallup, Inc.; and Richard Berry, an officer of the dealerships, falsified consumers’ income and down payment information on vehicle financing applications and misrepresented important financial terms in vehicle advertisements. The case continues against Berry and relief defendant Linda Tate.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Regs BEMZ)
FTC Staff Issues Note on Holder Rule and Large Transactions
FTC Sends Nearly $1.5 Million to Victims of Bronx Honda’s Illegal Financing and Sales Practices
Auto Dealer Group to Cease Business Operations As Part of FTC Settlement
FTC Adds Charges Against Auto Marketer For Deceptive “Prize” Mailers
FTC Announces Staff Reports on Car Buying and Financing Experience, Results of Auto Buyers Study
Buckle Up: Navigating Auto Sales and Financing
Marketer Used Deceptive COVID-19 Stimulus Mailers To Lure Consumers to Used Car Sales, FTC Alleges
Traffic Jam Events, LLC
The Federal Trade Commission took action to halt a scheme that allegedly deceived consumers with mailers supposedly directing them how to obtain federal COVID-19 stimulus benefits, which instead lured them to a used car sale.
The mailers sent by Traffic Jam Events, LLC and its owner, David J. Jeansonne II, were labeled “IMPORTANT COVID-19 STIMULUS DOCUMENTS” and directed consumers to “relief headquarters” to “claim these stimulus incentives,” the FTC alleged in its lawsuit against the company and Jeansonne.