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FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Who Purchased Disney- or Marvel Hero-themed Children's Vitamins
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The Federal Trade Commission has mailed 10,144 checks to consumers who bought Disney- or Marvel Hero-themed vitamins for their kids that featured characters such as the Disney Princesses, Winnie the...
FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges Against Retailers Accused of Marketing Real Fur Products as Fake Fur
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that retailers Neiman Marcus, DrJays.com and Eminent Inc. sold products containing real fur when they were advertised as...
FTC Seeks Contempt Ruling Against Suntasia Telemarketing Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking a contempt order in federal court against defendants previously involved in a massive, Florida-based marketing scheme, alleging that they violated the terms of...
FTC Settlement Bans Marketer from Selling Debt Relief Services, Telemarketing, and Robocalling
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, a telemarketer who allegedly defrauded consumers with false promises of debt relief and charged them without their consent is banned from selling...
At FTC's Request, Court Orders Halt to Debt Collector's Illegal Practices, Freezes Assets
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted a debt collection operation that allegedly extorted payments from consumers by using false threats of lawsuits and...
FTC Advises Consumers on Preventing, Identifying, and Dealing With Hacked Email or Social Networking Accounts
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The Federal Trade Commission has new tips to help people deal with email and social networking hacks, whether it’s lessening the chances of a hack in the first place, or recovering from a hack once it...
Defendants in Wealth-Building Scheme Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Business Opportunities, and Producing or Distributing Infomercials
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Russell and Catherine Dalbey – who allegedly defrauded consumers with promises of making big bucks by brokering seller-financed promissory notes – have settled with the Federal Trade Commission and...
FTC Charges Marketers with Deceiving Small Businesses into Buying Credit/Debit Card Processing Services and Equipment
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged an operation that sells credit and debit card payment processing services to small businesses with violating federal law. The defendants allegedly made false...
Judge Agrees With FTC: Scammers Debited Payday Loan Applicants’ Bank Accounts Without Their Consent; Consumers Entitled to More Than $9.5 Million in Refunds
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A federal judge has found in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in its case against an online operation that illegally debited consumers’ bank accounts when they visited the defendants’ websites...
FTC Acts Against Spam Text and Robocalling Operations
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The Federal Trade Commission has moved to shut down an international network of scammers that sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers, using the lure of “free” gift cards and electronics...
Three Companies Barred from Advertising Mattresses as Free From Volatile Organic Compounds Without Scientific Evidence to Back Up Claims
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Under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, three mattress manufacturers have agreed to stop making unsupported claims that the mattresses they sell are free of harmful volatile organic...
FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Eight States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
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Investigators working undercover in eight states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 127 funeral homes they visited during 2012. The...
FTC To Hold ID Theft Webinar for the Blind and Visually Impaired July 31
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern on July 31 for blind and visually impaired consumers with information on how to protect themselves from identity theft. The webinar,...
AMG Defendants Settle FTC’s Debt Collection Charges
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The Federal Trade Commission has reached a partial settlement with the principal defendants in its case against the payday lending operation AMG Services Inc. , resolving allegations that the...
FTC Settlement Bans Marketer from Selling Work-At-Home Opportunities
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Christopher Andrew Sterling, a work-at-home opportunity marketer, has been banned from selling work-at-home and business opportunities under a federal court settlement. The FTC sued Sterling in...
'Free iPhone' Text Message Spammer Settles FTC Charges
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An Internet marketer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that he blasted consumers with millions of deceptive spam text messages. Henry Nolan Kelly was the subject of one of a...
Operators of Postal Jobs Scheme Banned from Selling Employment Services
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Under settlement orders with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, the operators of an alleged federal jobs scam have been banned from selling employment products or services. Last year, as...
FTC Testifies before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Debt Collection and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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The Federal Trade Commission told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that it continues to crack down on unlawful debt collection practices through an active program of vigorous law enforcement, education and...
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