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FTC Returns Money to Victims of Debt Collection Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,232 checks totaling more than $2.7 million to people who lost money to Rincon Debt Management, a debt collection scheme that focused on people who were...
Rincon Management Services, LLC
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3142
X120019
FTC Settlement Halts Allegedly Abusive Practices by Company Collecting Debts for More Than 500 Municipalities
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An operation that collects debts owed to municipalities has agreed to stop engaging in allegedly illegal collection tactics under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC...
Final Defendant in Alleged Mortgage Relief Scam Settles FTC Charges
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The final defendant in an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners will be banned from selling mortgage or debt relief services under a settlement with the Federal Trade...
FTC Staff Provides Annual Letter to CFPB on Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The FTC is...
Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering Violations and Settles Consumer Fraud Charges, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with FTC and Justice Department
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The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade...
FTC Sends Checks to Nearly 350,000 Victims of Herbalife’s Multi-Level Marketing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to nearly 350,000 people who lost money running Herbalife businesses. The checks are the result of a July 2016 settlement with the FTC that required...
FTC Charges Defendants with Selling Fake Payday Loan Debt Portfolios
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Kansas man and his companies with selling portfolios of fake payday loan debts that debt collectors used to get people to pay on debts they did not owe. At...
FTC Returns More Than $3.7 Million to People Harmed by Pyramid Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 285,361 checks totaling more than $3.7 million to people who lost money to Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM), a pyramid scheme whose operators were banned from...
Plain Language Guidance
Using Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know
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Your company has job vacancies to fill. You're also thinking about promoting some employees from within the company. You've winnowed down the stack of applications and resumes and want to run...
Senate Commerce Committee: Hearing on Oversight of the FTC
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By
Terrell McSweeny, Former Commissioner
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 Seeks Comment on Disposal Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its Disposal Rule, a rule which implements part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA). The Rule, formally known as...
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