Commission Actions

A federal judge has ordered Canadian telemarketers running an illegal foreign lottery scam that targeted senior citizens in the United States to pay $19 million in consumer redress and has ordered a...

Press Release

FTC Sues Florida Man for Illegal Spam and False Human Growth Hormone Product Claims

Date

July 29, 2004

A federal court in Chicago has issued a court order halting illegal spamming and deceptive product claims, and has also frozen the assets of Creaghan A. Harry, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida. Harry...

Press Release

FTC Targets Major Do Not Call Registry Violator Peddling Bogus Debt Management Services

Date

July 29, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission has charged five Florida corporations and the three individuals that control them with violating the National Do Not Call Registry and falsely representing they provide...

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Debt Management Foundation Services, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - July 29, 2004

Date

July 29, 2004

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (818.34 KB)

Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Appointment of Receiver and Other Equitable Relief and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (2.21 MB)

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Barash, Jonathan, et al. (timeline item) - July 29, 2004

Date

July 29, 2004

Complaint (20.55 KB)

Exhibits A-F (949.59 KB)

Decision and Order (16.16 KB)

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Dynamic Health Of Florida, LLC; Chhabra Group, LLC, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 29, 2004

Date

July 29, 2004

Respondents Vincent Chhabra, Dynamic Health of South Florida, LLC, and Chhabra Group, LLC's Joint Motion for Protective Order Pursuant to Civ.R. 26(C) and for Stay of Proceedings (570.41 KB)

July 28, 2004

Press Release

FTC Charges College Financial Aid Company with Contempt

Date

July 28, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Integrated Capital, doing business as National Student Financial Aid (NSFA), and its principal, Alan Wilson, with violating the terms of an August 2003...

Press Release

Resolving Anticompetitive Concerns, FTC Clears Sanofi-Synthlabos Acquisition of Aventis

Date

July 28, 2004

Under the terms of a consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow France’s Sanofi-Synthélabo’s (Sanofi) $64 billion acquisition of Aventis, provided the companies divest...

Press Release

FTC Unveils New E-mail Address for Deceptive Spam: Spam@uce.gov

Date

July 28, 2004

Note: The FTC has retired its SPAM@UCE.GOV email box, and currently is using other, more effective tactics to identify and combat spammers. You can report spam to www.ftc.gov/complaint. Please...

Press Release

FTC Closes Investigation of Joint Venture Between Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America

Date

July 28, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into whether the proposed joint venture between Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America may substantially...

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