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FTC Settlements Ban Fraudulent Debt Collectors from Debt Collection Business and from Buying or Selling Debt
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The operators of a Georgia-based debt collection business that allegedly used false claims and threats to get people to pay debts – including debts they did not owe or that the defendants had no...
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...
FTC and New York Attorney General Act Against Phantom Debt Brokers and Collectors
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The Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General’s Office have charged two New York-based operations and their principals with running a scheme to collect money from consumers on fake...
Phantom Debt Collectors Settle FTC Charges of Deceiving Consumers
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A North Carolina debt collection operation, Lombardo, Daniels & Moss, and its principals, Dion Barron and Charles R. Montgomery III, will be banned from the debt collection business under settlements...
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FTC Enforcement Activities Related to Compliance With Regulation Z (Truth In Lending Act), Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act), and Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfer Act) During 2017: Report to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (May 2018)
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FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with PayPal Related to Allegations Involving its Venmo Peer-to-Peer Payment Service
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with PayPal, Inc. over allegations that its Venmo peer-to-peer payment service misled consumers about their ability to transfer...
Public Statement
Antitrust in the Financial Sector
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Antitrust in the Financial Sector
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FTC and New York Attorney General Settlements Ban Abusive Debt Collectors from the Debt Collection Business and from Buying or Selling Debt
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The operators of a deceptive and abusive debt collection scheme are banned from the debt collection business and from buying or selling debt under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and the...
Defendants Settle FTC Charges in ‘Money Now Funding’ Credit Card Laundering Scheme
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Michael Abdelmesseh and KMA Merchant Services LLC have agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for laundering credit card charges for Money Now Funding (MNF), a business opportunity scheme...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Final Defendant in Phantom Debt Scheme
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The final defendant in an operation that posed as lawyers and falsely threatened to sue people or have them arrested for failing to pay on debts they did not owe is banned from the debt collection...
PayPal Settles FTC Charges that Venmo Failed to Disclose Information to Consumers About the Ability to Transfer Funds and Privacy Settings; Violated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
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The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with PayPal, Inc. over allegations that the company told users of its Venmo peer-to-peer payment service that money credited to their Venmo...
Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
122 3141
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9361
FTC Staff Offers Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has released business guidance to help multi-level marketers (MLMs) understand and comply with the law. Although there may be significant differences in how MLMs...
FTC Obtains Court Order Banning Debt Collectors from Debt Collection Business
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Three defendants who allegedly posed as lawyers and falsely threatened to sue people or have them arrested for failing to pay on debts they did not owe are banned from the debt collection business...
FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can Now File a Claim to Get Money Back
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The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers who lost money to scammers who told them to pay via Western Union’s money transfer system between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017, that they can...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Business Defrauded Consumers into Paying Debts They Did Not Owe
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The Federal Trade Commission charged a Georgia-based debt collection business with tricking people into paying money for debts they did not owe. A federal court temporarily halted the scheme and froze...
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