Bill Robertson & Sons, Inc., d/b/a Honda of Hollywood, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3142
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Fowlerville Ford, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3023
Luis Alfonso Sierra, d/b/a Casino Auto Sales, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3107
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Company Made Misleading and Unsubstantiated Biodegradeability Claims for Its Plastic Products
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that American Plastic Manufacturing, Inc. made misleading and unsubstantiated...
FTC Resumes Review of Fuel Economy Guide
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The Federal Trade Commission is resuming its regulatory review of the Fuel Economy Guide. The agency seeks comments on potential updates to the Guide, which helps facilitate the use of fuel economy...
FTC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Upcoming Seminar on Privacy Implications of Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda and panelists for its upcoming seminar on the privacy ramifications of consumer generated and controlled health data, taking place on May 7 from 10 a...
FTC Testifies on Precious Metals Investment Scams Before Senate Special Committee on Aging
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In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission described its efforts to stop precious metals investment scams and inform consumers how to avoid them. Testifying on behalf of the...
FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Duped by Marketers Who Claimed Fuel Additive Could Drastically Increase Fuel Economy and Reduce Emissions
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing refund checks totaling $42,580.45 to 1,274 consumers who bought a worthless fuel additive called EnviroTabs. Its marketer, Green Foot Global LLC, touted it as...
Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez welcomed Terrell McSweeny as she began her official duties today as an FTC Commissioner. President Obama named McSweeny to a term that ends on...
FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Allegedly Defrauded by Telemarketers Who Charged a Fee, Promising to Help Lower Their Credit Card Interest Rates
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An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission today began mailing refund checks to more than 4,800 consumers allegedly defrauded by National Card Monitor, LLC (National), a telemarketing...
Marketer of Robocalling Services Banned from Telemarketing
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The head of an operation that enabled telemarketers to make illegal robocalls, call phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and mask Caller ID information, is permanently banned from...
FTC Invites Further Public Comment on Mobile Security
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public to further explore issues raised by last year’s FTC forum examining the state of mobile security. Panelists at the forum discussed a...
FTC Presents Criminal Liaison Unit Award to Two San Francisco-Based Assistant U.S. Attorneys for Prosecution of Defendants Behind Fraudulent Billing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is honoring Assistant United States Attorneys Hallie Mitchell Hoffman and Kyle F. Waldinger with its Criminal Liaison Unit’s Prosecuting Attorney’s Award for their work in...
I Works Billing Scheme Defendant Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
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One of the key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes has agreed...
Payday Lenders That Used Tribal Affiliation to Illegally Garnish Wages Settle with FTC
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A South Dakota-based payday lending operation and its owner will pay $967,740 to the U.S. Treasury as part of a settlement resolving FTC charges that they used unfair and deceptive tactics to collect...
FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Immigration Services Scam
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A federal court has ordered the operators of a Baltimore-based immigration services scam to pay as much as $616,000 in refunds to Spanish-speaking immigrants, who were deceived into paying the...
FTC to Examine Effects of Big Data on Low Income and Underserved Consumers at September Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” in Washington on Sept. 15, 2014, to further explore the use of “big data” and its...
FTC Notifies Facebook, WhatsApp of Privacy Obligations in Light of Proposed Acquisition
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The director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection notified Facebook and WhatsApp about their obligations to protect the privacy of their users in light of Facebook’s...
FTC, DOJ Issue Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing Cybersecurity Information
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today issued a policy statement on the sharing of cyber-security information that makes clear that properly designed cyber threat information...
Two Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges That They Sold Consumer Data Without Complying With Protections Required Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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Two data brokers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by providing reports about consumers to users such as prospective...
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