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Blog Post: Congress should crack down on predatory ‘pyramid schemes,’ not look away
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FTC, State, and Local Partners Announce Joint Conference on Protecting Military Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission, state, and local authorities will convene a conference in Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2017 to help educate military consumers and train military attorneys, law enforcement...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Business Opportunity Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 2,711 checks totaling more than $372,000 to people who paid American Business Builders and related entities for a home-based business opportunity. The...
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Military Consumer Workshop
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The FTC hosted a “Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation” at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas on July 19, 2017, to examine financial issues and scams...
FTC to Coordinate with and Provide Resources for Military Community at Financial Workshop
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a workshop on July 19, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas, to examine financial issues and scams that can affect military consumers, including active duty...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Scheme with Posing as Attorneys to Take Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt collection operation with taking people’s money for fake debts they did not owe by posing as lawyers and falsely threatening to sue or have them...
Phony OSHA Scam Banned from Conning Small Businesses
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An operation that allegedly conned small businesses into paying for government-required regulatory posters will be banned from selling such materials, which government agencies provide for free. The...
D&S Marketing Solutions LLC
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3022
X160042
FTC Action: Light Bulb and Cleaning Product Merchants Banned from Telemarketing Office Supplies
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained court orders against two Maryland-based office supply operations charged with tricking small businesses, non-profit organizations, and other consumers into...
FTC Returns More Than $49 Million in Refunds to DeVry Students
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Starting today, the Federal Trade Commission is mailing 173,000 refund checks totaling more than $49 million to students in compensation for DeVry University’s allegedly misleading ads, which the...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Abusive Debt Collection Operation
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 4,380 checks totaling more than $550,000 to people harmed by Houston-based Goldman Schwartz, Inc., a debt collection operation that also used other business...
Defendants Involved in Selling Business Coaching Programs Settle FTC Charges
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Seven individuals and eight companies they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges in a deceptive telemarketing operation that took millions of dollars from thousands of...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Timeshare Resale Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 338 checks totaling more than $319,000 to people who lost money to Information Management Forum Inc., which also did business as Vacation Property Marketing...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Scheme Took Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts They Did Not Owe
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a North Carolina debt collection operation and its owner with taking money from consumers for fake debts they did not owe. The action is part of the FTC’s...
FTC Wraps up Major Phone Cramming Case as Remaining Defendants Settle Charges
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The remaining defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’...
CellMark Biopharma, LLC & Lexium International LLC
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1623133, 1623134
Case Status
Closed
FTC Announces Agenda for Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the agenda and speakers confirmed to date for its upcoming workshop in San Antonio, Texas on July 19, 2017, a forum on financial issues and scams that can...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Auto Loan Modification Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 288 checks totaling more than $109,000 to people who paid an up-front fee to Regency Financial Services, which promised to get them better terms for their auto...
FTC Amends Complaint Against Invention Promotion Scheme Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints...
FTC Stops Operators of Unlawful Student Debt Relief and Credit Repair Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission charged the operators of a phony student loan debt relief and credit repair scheme with bilking millions of dollars from consumers by falsely promising to reduce or...
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