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The FTC is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of its first regional offices, and the important role they play in protecting consumers and promoting competition through law enforcement...
The operators of an illegal debt collection scheme have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt collection business in order to settle FTC charges that they falsely threatened to have people...
Starting today, consumers who are concerned about identity theft or data breaches can freeze their credit and place one-year fraud alerts for free. Under the new Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief...
Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter opens the second FTC hearing The Federal Trade Commission held the second session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century with a...
The Federal Trade Commission today, for the first time, charged a marketer and seller of intravenously injected therapy products (iV Cocktails) with making a range of deceptive and unsupported health...
WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the second session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century . WHEN: Friday September 21, 9:00 am-4:30 pm ET. WHERE: FTC’s...
The operators of websites that sold fake documents used to facilitate identity theft and other frauds have agreed to permanently shut down their businesses as part of separate settlements with the...
Join the Federal Trade Commission for a free, one-hour webinar to learn about the top scams reported in Wisconsin and get tips to help people in your community avoid scams, protect their identity and...