May12
Hispanic Consumer Outreach Forum
The FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime hosted a workshop on strategies for effective and high-impact education and enforcement to protect Hispanic consumers from...
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Court Order Closes the Book on Canadian Registry Scheme
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A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...
Sellers of Girls Gone Wild Videos Charged with Deceptive Practices
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed a complaint against California-based Mantra Films, Inc. (Mantra), and its sole officer and director...
Court Order Puts Brakes on International License Marketers
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(Corrected to provide Amended Complaint) Three companies and three individuals marketing fake international driver’s permits (IDPs), college and university diplomas, academic transcripts, and related...
FTC Acts Against Alleged Web Cramming Operation
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The FTC has charged a purported Web cramming operation with billing small business consumers for “free” Internet services, without full disclosure of the negative option features and without consumers...
FTC Drives International License Marketers out of Business
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Two marketers of false international driver’s permits (IDPs) and one financial processor for IDP marketers have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal laws by deceptively...
Nov19
Workshop on Deception in Weight Loss Advertising
The FTC held a workshop to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the issuance of the FTC staff report, Weight-Loss...
Alabama Publishing Company to Pay $500,000 For Allegedly Violating Commission's Negative Option Rule
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...
California Software Marketer to Pay $90,000 For Not Disclosing Terms of its Continuity Software Club
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with Micro Star Software, Inc., a Carlsbad, California, software marketing company, and its president, Stephen Benedict...
California Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Pacific Office Systems, Inc., based in Canoga Park, California, and its owner, Suzette Oppenheim, have agreed to settle federal charges that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection...
"How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...
Georgia Telemarketer Banned From Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Corporate Supplies, Inc., based in Cummings, Georgia, and its principals, Larry Sarchenko and Robert Henkel, have agreed to pay $20,000 in consumer redress as part of a settlement with the Federal...
Two Illinois Office Supply Telemarketers Settle FTC Charges:
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Two Illinois-based companies named in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office...
Tennessee Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies As Part of FTC Settlement
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Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...
"Operation Misprint" Defendants Banned From Telemarketing and Selling of Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Defendants in two separate cases filed in federal district court as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. In both cases, the FTC alleged that the...
"Operation Misprint" Defendants Banned from Telemarketing Of Nondurable Office, Cleaning or Janitorial Supplies As Part of FTC Settlement
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Quality Maintenance Supplies, Inc., based in Chicago, and its principal, Joanne M. Drobut, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they shipped and billed consumers for unordered...
California Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges of Alleged Office Supply Scams
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One of the largest office supply operations in Southern California charged with sending unordered merchandise to small businesses around the country and then billing them for it has agreed to settle...
Chicago Telemarketers Settle FTC Charges of Alleged Office Supply Scams Targeted at Small Businesses
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A suburban Chicago-area telemarketing company charged with sending unordered merchandise to small businesses around the country and then billing them for it has agreed to settle Federal Trade...
Businesses - Both Large and Small - Continue to Fall Prey to Bogus Business Supply Companies
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Office supply fraud is one of the most significant business-to-business telemarketing frauds according to the Federal Trade Commission. Industry estimates that telemarketing fraud is costing the...
Crammers Settle FTC Charges (October 1999)
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Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...
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