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
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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...
Florida-based Supplement Sellers Settle FTC False Advertising Charges
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Three Venice, Florida-based companies and their owners have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed and sold dietary supplements to prevent or treat everything from the...
Nov16
Fighting Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft in Idaho: A Free Webinar
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 3-4 pm ET / 1-2 pm MT / noon-1 pm PT. To join on November 16, 1 pm MT/Noon PT: Call: 1-(800) 230-1059 and give the operator the webinar name: Fighting Consumer Fraud and...
FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can Now File a Claim to Get Money Back
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The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers who lost money to scammers who told them to pay via Western Union’s money transfer system between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017, that they can...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Business Defrauded Consumers into Paying Debts They Did Not Owe
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The Federal Trade Commission charged a Georgia-based debt collection business with tricking people into paying money for debts they did not owe. A federal court temporarily halted the scheme and froze...
FTC Charges Office Supply Scheme with Bilking Millions of Dollars from Small Businesses for ‘Free’ Samples of Cleaning Products
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court temporarily halted a New York-based office supply scheme that charged small businesses and non-profit organizations millions of dollars for...
FTC Settlements Ban Chicago-area Phantom Debt Collector from the Debt Collection Business and from Selling Debt Portfolios
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The operators of a Chicago-area fake debt collection scheme have been banned from the debt collection business and from selling debt portfolios under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and...
Victory Media Settles FTC Charges Concerning Its Promotion of Post-Secondary Schools to Military Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission and Victory Media, Inc. have reached a proposed administrative consent agreement resolving allegations that Victory Media violated Section 5 of the FTC Act in connection...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Scheme that Sold Fake Payday Loan Debt Portfolios
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a $4.1 million judgment and a ban on handling certain sensitive financial information about consumer debts against an operation that sold lists of fake payday...
FTC, State Law Enforcement Partners Announce Nationwide Crackdown on Student Loan Debt Relief Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission, along with 11 states and the District of Columbia, today announced “Operation Game of Loans,” the first coordinated federal-state law enforcement initiative targeting...
Office Supply Telemarketers Will Pay $7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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An office supplier and its owner will pay $7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked child care centers, schools, and police and fire departments into paying for products...
FTC Launches Website Dedicated to New Military Task Force
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The Federal Trade Commission launched a web page highlighting the work of the agency’s new Military Task Force, which is aimed at identifying the needs of military consumers and developing initiatives...
Court Finds Defendants Lied to Consumers When Selling Legal Services for Mortgage Relief
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A federal court has found that Jeremy Foti and Charles Marshall, acting through Brookstone Law and Advantis Law, “made numerous false and/or misleading material statements to consumers” when selling...
Online Marketers Banned from Deceiving Shoppers
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A group of online marketers will pay more than $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers with “free” and “risk-free” trials for cooking and golfing products...
Sep07
Protecting Military Consumers: A Common Ground Conference
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A workshop to bring together and train military attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and consumer protection officials to identify, prevent, and address consumer fraud and issues affecting military...
Conference Hosted by FTC and State and Local Partners to Help Train Military Community on Consumer Protection Issues Affecting Servicemembers
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The Federal Trade Commission and partners will co-host a common ground conference tomorrow in Los Angeles that will bring together and train military attorneys and financial advisors, law enforcement...
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