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Nectar Brand LLC Agrees to Settle FTC Charges that Company’s Claims about Chinese-Made Mattresses Being ‘Assembled in USA’ Are False
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A California-based company has agreed to stop making false claims that its Chinese-made mattresses are assembled in the United States, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According...
Defendants Settle FTC Charges in ‘Money Now Funding’ Credit Card Laundering Scheme
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Michael Abdelmesseh and KMA Merchant Services LLC have agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for laundering credit card charges for Money Now Funding (MNF), a business opportunity scheme...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Final Defendant in Phantom Debt Scheme
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The final defendant in an operation that posed as lawyers and falsely threatened to sue people or have them arrested for failing to pay on debts they did not owe is banned from the debt collection...
FTC Challenges Schemes That Target or Affect Senior Citizens
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The Federal Trade Commission has taken legal action against two deceptive schemes that targeted or affected senior citizens with phony sweepstakes offers and bogus computer technical support services...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed by Debt Relief Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,745 checks totaling more than $480,000 to people who lost money to a debt relief scheme that misled its customers and charged illegal upfront fees. United...
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting Business Coaching Scheme
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted an operation that took more than $14 million from consumers seeking to start their own online business. The operation...
FTC Charges Ameritech and Brandon Frere with Deceiving Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a student loan debt relief operation with bilking more than $28 million from thousands of consumers throughout the country by falsely promising that consumers’...
FTC Halts Deceptive Mortgage Loan Modification Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a mortgage loan modification operation with deceiving financially distressed homeowners by falsely promising to prevent foreclosure and make their mortgages...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Who Bought Purported Business Coaching Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 7,583 checks totaling more than $2.2 million to people who lost money to a telemarketing scheme offering business coaching services. As alleged in the FTC’s...
FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Victory Media Advertising Case
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a final order settling charges that Victory Media violated Section 5 of the FTC Act in connection with its promotion of post...
Defendants Who Sold Business Coaching Program Settle FTC Charges
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Three individuals and the company they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers in a telemarketing scheme that took millions of dollars from...
FTC Obtains Court Order against Woman Who Allegedly Helped Telemarketers Pitch Phony Money-Making Opportunities and Grants
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A Utah woman who allegedly helped telemarketers bilk money from consumers is banned from telemarketing, payment processing, and selling grant and business opportunities under a settlement with the...
Hotel Room Resellers Settle FTC Charges That They Misled Consumers
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Utah-based third-party hotel room resellers have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers through ads, webpages, and call centers that led consumers to mistakenly believe...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Fake Prize Scheme Operation
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The Federal Trade Commission has closed the book on a scheme that tricked people into paying $25 to collect a $1 million prize they supposedly had won. Those who paid got nothing. After weighing...
Terry Somenzi, individually and as an officer of International Advisory Services, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1623226
X160053
FTC Obtains Court Order Banning Work-at-Home Operators from Selling Business Opportunities and Business Coaching Services
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The operators of a work-at-home scheme the Federal Trade Commission sued earlier this year for deceptive practices are banned from selling business opportunities and business coaching services under a...
FTC Obtains Court Order Banning Debt Collectors from Debt Collection Business
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Three defendants who allegedly posed as lawyers and falsely threatened to sue people or have them arrested for failing to pay on debts they did not owe are banned from the debt collection business...
FTC Wins Summary Judgment Against Fraudulent Gold, Silver Investment Scheme
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has banned the operators of a fraudulent investment scheme from selling investments and ordered them to pay more than $6.5 million for return...
Online Lingerie Marketer Prohibited from Deceiving Shoppers About Negative-Option Programs
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An online lingerie marketer has agreed to return more than $1.3 million to customers to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived shoppers who enrolled in a negative-option membership...
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