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FTC Returns More Than $3.7 Million To Consumers Harmed by Online Lender Avant

The Federal Trade Commission is returning more than $3.7 million to consumers who lost money because of unfair and deceptive loan servicing practices by online lender Avant, LLC.

FTC Returns More Than $10 Million to Consumers Who Paid Hidden Fees to LendingClub

The Federal Trade Commission is returning more than $10 million to consumers who were charged undisclosed fees by online lender LendingClub Corporation. The FTC is distributing refunds directly to more than 15,000 LendingClub customers and encouraging additional LendingClub customers to apply for...

FTC Returns Additional $25 Million to Consumers Who Lost Money to Business Coaching Scam

The Federal Trade Commission is returning an additional $25 million to consumers who lost money to a business coaching scheme that used the names Coaching Department and Apply Knowledge, among others.

La FTC devuelve casi $60 millones de dólares a conductores cuyas propinas fueron retenidas ilegalmente por Amazon

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés) está distribuyendo casi $60 millones de dólares entre más de 140,000 conductores de Amazon. Los fondos se entregarán en concepto de reembolso de las propinas que, presuntamente, Amazon les retuvo ilegalmente a los conductores entre 2016...

FTC Returns Nearly $60 Million to Drivers Whose Tips Were Illegally Withheld by Amazon

The Federal Trade Commission is sending nearly $60 million to more than 140,000 Amazon drivers. The funds will serve as reimbursement for tips that Amazon allegedly illegally withheld from drivers between 2016 and 2019.

FTC Sends Refunds Totaling Nearly $300,000 to People who Lost Money to a Tech Support Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 31,075 checks to people who were deceived by Elite IT Partners Inc. into paying for costly and unnecessary computer repair services.

FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed By Phantom Debt Collector

The Federal Trade Commission is returning $772,512 to consumers who were targeted by a debt collector who unlawfully brokered and collected fake debts that the consumers did not owe.

FTC Sends Nearly $5 Million in Refunds to People who Lost Money to Cramming Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refund checks totaling nearly $5 million to people who lost money to a cramming scheme that added charges to their home phone bills without their permission.

FTC Sends Refund Checks to People Harmed by Abusive Debt Collector

The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to 603 people who paid money they did not owe to a debt collector that used deceptive and abusive collection methods.

FTC Sends Refund Checks to People Targeted in Computer Financing Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 4,505 checks to people who lost money in a financing scheme that targeted customers shopping for computers and related electronic devices. In 2008, the FTC alleged that BlueHippo Funding, LLC and affiliate BlueHippo Capital, LLC promised to finance new...

Refunds Coming to Consumers Who Bought Deceptively Marketed Willow Curve Device

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refund checks totaling more than $350,000 to consumers who bought Willow Curve, a device that applies low-level light and, according to the agency, was deceptively advertised as an effective way to relieve pain.

FTC Sends Checks to People Who Were Deceived into Buying Worthless Online Marketing Services

The FTC is sending checks totaling more than $1.5 million to more than 3,000 consumers who were deceived into buying worthless Internet-based marketing products and services by two companies called Position Gurus, LLC, and Top Shelf Ecommerce, LLC.

FTC Sends Nearly $2.3 Million in Refunds to People who Lost Money to Credit Card Debt Relief Schemes

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refund checks totaling nearly $2.3 million to people who lost money to credit card debt relief schemes.

FTC Sends Checks to People Who Lost Money to Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks totaling more than $316,000 to 10,689 people who lost money to a student loan debt relief scheme.

FTC Sends Refunds to People who Lost Money to Student Loan, Mortgage Debt Relief Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $223,000 to people who lost money to a student loan and mortgage debt relief operation.

FTC Sending More than $147,000 in Refunds to People Affected by Student Loan Debt Relief Scam

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $147,000 in full refunds to people affected by a student loan debt relief scam.

FTC Returns Nearly $60 Million to Those Suffering from Opioid Addiction Who Were Allegedly Overcharged in Suboxone Film Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 51,875 payments totaling more than $59 million to consumers who were victims of an allegedly deceptive scheme by Reckitt Benckiser Group and

FTC Sends More than $273,500 in Refunds to People Who Lost Money to Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $273,500 in refunds to people who lost money to a student loan debt relief scheme that charged them illegal upfront fees and tricked them into believing their student loan payments would be permanently lowered or eliminated.

FTC, Illinois AG Send More than $4M to Consumers Affected by Stark Law Phantom Debt Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General are sending payments totaling more than $4 million to more than 10,000 consumers who lost money to the Stark Law phantom debt collection scheme.