Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a cross-border telemarketing enterprise with defrauding consumers out of millions of dollars by offering them a “guaranteed” low-interest credit card for an...

A U.S. district court judge has held two Canadian corporations and their principal in contempt of court, and ordered that the individual be jailed for violating a court-ordered asset freeze. The...

The three nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – today announced the Web address, toll-free telephone number, and postal address consumers can use to request a...

On Sunday, November 21, 2004, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed the nominations of Deborah Platt Majoras and Jon Leibowitz to serve as Federal Trade Commissioners. Majoras was confirmed...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an updated consumer alert to help consumers use the Internet wisely while shopping this holiday season. The FTC’s alert, “Holiday Shopping? Don’t Take a Holiday...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Louisiana Department of Justice today announced that they had shut down a fraudulent grant marketing service that had cheated consumers out of millions of dollars...

A Canadian enterprise that targets elderly consumers, dupes them into revealing their bank account information, then debits hundreds of dollars from their accounts is facing Federal Trade Commission...