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FTC Shutters Wide-Ranging Operation That Perpetrated Phony Mortgage Relief Scam
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A federal court has entered orders against 22 defendants who offered financially strapped consumers fake home-loan modification services that the FTC claims violated the FTC Act and the Mortgage...
To Settle FTC Charges, Professional Associations of Property Managers and Vocal Arts Teachers Agree to Eliminate Rules that Restrict Competition among Their Members
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The National Association of Residential Property Managers, Inc. (NARPM) and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) have agreed to eliminate provisions in their respective codes...
Federal and State Agencies Stop Phony Mortgage Relief Schemes
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Note: A conference call for media with Katie Fallow, FTC Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, and CFBP Deputy Director Steve Antonakes was held on July 23, 2014. Katie Fallow and FTC staff took...
FTC Testifies on How Professional Licensing and Regulation Can Affect Competition Before House Committee on Small Business
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In testimony before Congress today , the Federal Trade Commission described how it evaluates the potential competitive effects of regulating occupations, trades, and professions, and the agency’s...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Competition and the Potential Costs and Benefits of Professional Licensure
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By
Andrew I. Gavil, Former Director, Office of Policy Planning
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Text of the Commission Testimony
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Pennsylvania Home Builder Settles FTC Charges of Deceptive Mortgage Advertising
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A Pennsylvania-based home builder that offers home financing has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by advertising low-cost mortgages while hiding fees and not...
Mortgage Lead Generator will Pay $225,000 to Settle FTC Charges That It Deceptively Advertised Mortgage Rates
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An online operation in the business of finding potential borrowers for mortgage companies will pay a $225,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers about...
May01
Sharing a Common Ground: A Common Ground Conference in St. Louis
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TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT (Registration at 8:30 a.m.) WHERE: Washington University School of Law, Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Room 310, St. Louis, Missouri Join the Federal...
FTC Puts Conditions on CoreLogic, Inc.’s Proposed Acquisition of DataQuick Information Systems
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CoreLogic, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $661 million acquisition of DataQuick Information Systems, Inc. from TPG VI Ontario 1 AIV L.P. (TPG) would...
Defendants in Two Financial Services Schemes Banned from Providing Mortgage and Debt Relief Services
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The defendants in two separate alleged scams have settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission and will be banned from providing mortgage- and debt-relief services. The cases are part of the FTC...
American Mortgage Consulting Group, LLC, also d/b/a American Mortgage Group and American Mortgage Consulting, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3054
X120052
FTC Halts Allegedly Phony Mortgage Relief Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission filed suit in federal court to halt a mortgage relief scheme that allegedly deceived and preyed on distressed homeowners by charging them $2,000 to $4,000 based on bogus...
Dinamica Financiera, LLC, a California limited liability company, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3103
FTC Warns Data Brokers That Provide Tenant Rental Histories They May Be Subject to Fair Credit Reporting Act
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The Federal Trade Commission has warned the operators of six websites that share information about consumers’ rental histories with landlords that they may be subject to the requirements of the Fair...
Marketers of Alleged "Mass Joinder" and "Forensic Loan Audit" Mortgage Relief Services Scams Settle FTC Charges, Agree to Surrender Assets and Halt Deceptive Conduct
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The defendants behind an alleged mortgage relief scam have agreed to settle FTC charges that they deceived cash-strapped consumers into believing they could hold onto their homes and reduce their...
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