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FTC Details Efforts to Protect Older Consumers in Report to Congress
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A new report released today by the Federal Trade Commission details the agency’s comprehensive efforts to protect older consumers from fraud, identity theft, and other problems in the marketplace. The...
Bartoli, Derek
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1623005
Case Status
Closed
American Immigration Center Settles with FTC on Government Imposter Allegations
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The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint today against defendants Forms Direct, Inc., also known as American Immigration Center , and owner Cesare Alessandrini, alleging that they falsely...
Marketer of a Get-Rich-With-Amazon Scheme Settles with the FTC
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The marketer of a scheme to make money on Amazon, and his companies, are banned from marketing and selling business opportunities and business coaching services under a settlement with the Federal...
FTC Returns Nearly $90,000 to DOTAuthority.com Customers
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks totaling $89,736 to 246 small businesses who paid DOTAuthority.com Inc. or related defendants service fees for commercial vehicle registrations based on...
Student Debt Relief Operators Agree to Settle FTC Charges
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The operators of a student loan debt relief scam have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they bilked millions from consumers by falsely claiming to enroll consumers in loan...
Donor Relations LLC & Courtesy Call, Inc.
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1723134
Case Status
Closed
FTC Sending Out Refunds in Cramming Case
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending out 22,671 refund checks to people who lost money to a mobile cramming operation that placed tens of millions of dollars in charges on their mobile phone bills...
FTC Settlements Stop Debt Collection Scheme
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The operators of an illegal debt collection scheme have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt collection business in order to settle FTC charges that they falsely threatened to have people...
Vantage Point Services, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
142 3141
Court Temporarily Halts Operators of Rental Listing Websites from Making False Claims About the Availability of Apartments That Accept Section 8 Vouchers and Other Rental Properties
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting two brothers and their four California companies from using false or...
Apartment Hunters, Inc. et al. (Wetakesection8.com)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3007
Defendant Who Took Part in Business Coaching Scheme Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
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One of the defendants involved in a multimillion-dollar business-coaching scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he helped deceive consumers with false claims that they...
FTC Settlements Ban Fraudulent Debt Collectors from Debt Collection Business and from Buying or Selling Debt
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The operators of a Georgia-based debt collection business that allegedly used false claims and threats to get people to pay debts – including debts they did not owe or that the defendants had no...
Sunkey Publishing and Fanmail.com
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3211
Statement of Commissioner Chopra, Joined by Commissioner Slaughter
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By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner;
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
FTC Takes Action against the Operators of Copycat Military Websites
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Note: A conference call for media with Joe Simons, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, was held on September 6, 2018. FTC...
FTC Returns more than $14 Million to Consumers Deceived by Misleading Light Bulb Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing 499,105 checks totaling more than $14.4 million to people who bought Lights of America brand LED light bulbs. The FTC sued Lights of America Inc., Usman...
FTC and State of Minnesota Halt Sellers Playbook’s Get Rich Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Minnesota have charged Minnesota-based Sellers Playbook with running a large business opportunity scheme . A federal court temporarily halted the...
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