Press Releases

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued its annual report to the Federal Reserve Board on FTC enforcement actions in 2005 related to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing...

Three sly spammers have been ordered to stop sending unsolicited pornographic e-mails under a federal judge’s temporary restraining order sought by the Federal Trade Commission, which charged them...

False promises of a pre-approved, guaranteed MasterCard for a fee have been halted by a U.S. District Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC is also announcing today charges...

WHO: Federal Trade Commission U.S. Postal Inspection Service State of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions Consumer representative WHEN: Thursday, February 2, 2006 10:30 AM WHERE: Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California are hosting a...

The creator of allegedly false and misleading advertising for Gero Vita International’s dietary supplements has settled Federal Trade Commission charges. Chase Revel is required to post a $1 million...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file a...

February 5-11 is the week to focus on consumer protection! Each year, National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts across the country. During the week...

Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list, accounting for 255...

FTC to Announce Multi-Million-Dollar Civil Penalty for Data Security Violations The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 11 am EST to announce a...

Commission approval of comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved a comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about economically sound ways to...

The Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio hosted a workshop in Cleveland today to continue a nationwide campaign to find more ways...

Under a settlement reached by the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, a Georgia-based corporation, Entrepreneurial Strategies, Ltd., and its chief executive officer, Dale Allison, Jr., will...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged an employment-opportunity scammer and his companies with marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employment program. Through advertisements and...

Under a consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission will allow Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s (Teva) proposed acquisition of IVAX Corporation (IVAX), provided the companies...

The Federal Trade Commission and the United States Postal Inspection Service will hold a media availability, following a one-day workshop for law enforcement, government, and community groups, to...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file a...

The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...

A telemarketing operation selling tooth whitening kits and weight-loss patches will pay $463,000 in consumer redress and $11,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. The FTC...