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FTC Settlements Ban Defendants from Selling Work-at-Home Businesses
Date
The operators of a scheme that allegedly defrauded consumers who were trying to start their own online businesses have been permanently banned from selling work-at-home business opportunities under...
Affiliate Strategies, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3126
X099973
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Ban Payment Methods Favored in Fraudulent Telemarketing Transactions
Date
In an ongoing effort to protect consumers from deceptive telemarketing, the Federal Trade Commission seeks public comment on proposed amendments to strengthen the Telemarketing Sales Rule’s...
Watershed Development Corp., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
C.A.L.M. Ventures, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
Red Zone Investment Group, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
Aspen Way Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
DesignerWare, LLC, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
Showplace, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
B. Stamper Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
J.A.G. Rents, LLC, also d/b/a ColorTyme, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Amend Complaint Against The Tax Club, Charged with Bilking Consumers Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has amended a complaint against The Tax Club defendants, who in January 2013 were charged by the FTC and the New York and Florida Attorneys General with deceiving...
FTC Returns More than $685,000 to Victims of "Real Wealth" Work-at-Home and Grant Scam
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 50,365 refund checks totaling more than $685,000 to consumers who were victimized by a bogus work-at-home and grant scam. As part of a February 2010 law...
FTC Action Leads Court to Halt Alleged Pyramid Scheme
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina, a federal court has halted an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme pending trial. The FTC and the...
Business 'Coaching' Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges
Date
Most of the defendants in a massive business “coaching” scheme that allegedly took more than $100 million from consumers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...
FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Charge The Tax Club's Telemarketing Scheme with Bilking Consumers Who Were Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses
Date
The Federal Trade Commission and the New York and Florida Attorneys General charged The Tax Club’s telemarketing operation with deceiving consumers who mistakenly believed its services would help...
Business Opportunity Rule
Rule Updated Date
The Business Opportunity Rule requires business opportunity sellers to give prospective buyers specific information to help them evaluate a business opportunity, thus ensuring that the prospective...
Yellow Page Marketing B.V., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3119
X110044
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