Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission is launching a Spanish language consumer fraud awareness campaign, Mantente alerta contra el fraude. Infórmate con la FTC (“Be on the alert against fraud. Stay informed...

A Federal Trade Commission settlement with Kevin Trudeau – a prolific marketer who has either appeared in or produced hundreds of infomercials – broadly bans him from appearing in, producing, or...

A Los Angeles-based operation has been cited by the Federal Trade Commission with perpetrating a classic work-at-home scam. USS Elder Enterprises, Inc., America Vespucia Corporation, Ricardo Elder...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report to Congress...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Jon Leibowitz, most recently vice president of congressional affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has been sworn in as a...

Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final order in the matter...

Marketers of the BodyFlex+ System (BodyFlex) have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they deceptively advertised that BodyFlex causes users to lose from four to 14 inches in...

Bonzi Software, Inc., a California company, and its owners have agreed to settle FTC charges that they falsely claimed that their InternetALERT software significantly reduces the risk of Internet...

A Nevada-based telemarketing group has made more than 300,000 calls to consumers who registered their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The...

FTC issuance of revised horizontal merger investigation data: The FTC has updated data collected through a staff analysis of FTC horizontal merger investigations conducted between 1996 and 2003. The...

During his six-and-a-half year term at the Federal Trade Commission, Mozelle Thompson has worked to benefit consumers across the United States and around the world. From the beginning of his tenure...

FTC Reminds Telemarketers to Renew Subscriptions to National Do Not Call Registry: The new fee structure for purchasing the National Do Not Call Registry takes effect September 1, 2004. Subscription...

Under the terms of a consent order announced today, Special Data Processing Corporation (SDP) of Clearwater, Florida, agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $535,000 for redress to consumers to...

Two Maine-based dietary supplement marketers and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive advertising claims about their dietary supplement...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged two companies and two individuals with making false and unsubstantiated earnings claims in the telemarketing and sale of a business opportunity program that...

Community Affairs, Inc. (CAI), a for-profit telemarketing operation that preyed on the goodwill of consumers by making misleading fundraising solicitations for a number of police and firefighters...

The Federal Trade Commission is announcing the availability of the Staff Report on the Trade Regulation Rule titled “Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business...

Two companies whose representatives allegedly harassed consumers with multiple phone calls and abusive language have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their business practices...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a court order against two New York-based individuals, Joel Granik and Joseph Lichter, settling allegations that they ran a company, Cyberrebate.com, now in...

The Federal Trade Commission is urging consumers to be cautious of potential charity scams in connection with Hurricane Charley. Scam artists may take advantage of this situation by creating bogus...