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FTC Finalizes Order with Fashion Nova Over Allegations It Blocked Negative Reviews

Date

March 21, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order settling allegations that online fashion retailer Fashion Nova, LLC blocked negative reviews of its products from being posted to its website. Under...

Cases and Proceedings

Turbo Solutions and Alexander Miller, U.S. v.

The FTC obtained an order halting a credit repair scheme that allegedly bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming they will remove negative information from credit reports, while also filing fake identity theft reports to explain negative items on customers’ credit reports.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

March 21, 2022

FTC Matter/File Number

2123158

Case Status

Pending

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The Federal Trade Commission’s First Report on E-Cigarette Sales and Advertising Reveals Disturbing Trends Affecting the Health of Young Americans

Date

March 17, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission’s first-ever report on e-cigarette products paints a disturbing picture of surging e-cigarette sales and advertising that are likely to damage the health of America’s...

Report

E-Cigarette Report for 2015-2018

Date

March 17, 2022

Report by the Federal Trade Commission studying the e-cigarette industry’s domestic sales and marketing, in response to Commission-approved 6(b) orders issued to six of the largest domestic e...

Text of the FTC E-Cigarette Report (765.13 KB)

E-Cigarette Report Data (83.58 KB)

E-Cigarette Report Data (9.03 KB)

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FTC Proposed Order Stops Marketers from Continuing to Promote Supplements Using Baseless Health Claims

Date

March 16, 2022

Two Texas-based companies and their owner are banned from advertising or selling dietary supplements, and from making claims that their products treat, cure, or reduce the risk of disease, under a...

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FTC Imposes Restrictions on Electronic Payment Systems for Opening Merchant Accounts for Fictitious Companies, Assisting a Business Opportunity Scam

Date

March 15, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint against Electronic Payment Systems and its owners, John Dorsey and Thomas McCann, for allegedly opening credit card processing...

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FTC Takes Action Against CafePress for Data Breach Cover Up

Date

March 15, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission today took action against online customized merchandise platform CafePress over allegations that it failed to secure consumers’ sensitive personal data and covered up a...

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FTC Charges HomeAdvisor, Inc. with Cheating Businesses, Including Small Businesses, Seeking Leads for Home Improvement Projects

Date

March 11, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative complaint against Denver-based HomeAdvisor, Inc. – a company affiliated with Angi – alleging it used a wide range of deceptive and...

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FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for March 17 Open Commission Meeting

Date

March 10, 2022

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The open meeting will commence at 1pm ET and...

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Payment Processor that Helped Bogus Discount Clubs Bilk Consumers Will Pay $2.3 Million as a Result of FTC Case

Date

March 10, 2022

A payment processing company that allegedly helped a bogus discount club scheme debit tens of millions of dollars from consumers without authorization will be required to pay $2.3 million and face a...

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Online Investment Site to Pay More Than $2.4 Million for Bogus Stock Earnings Claims and Hard-to-Cancel Subscription Charges

Date

March 8, 2022

The operators of RagingBull.com, an online stock trading site that used bogus earnings claims to trick consumers into signing up for services and then trapped them into hard-to-cancel subscription...

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FTC Takes Action Against Company Formerly Known as Weight Watchers for Illegally Collecting Kids’ Sensitive Health Data

Date

March 4, 2022

In a complaint, filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the agency alleged that WW International, Inc., formerly known as Weight Watchers, and a subsidiary called...

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FTC Kicks Off National Consumer Protection Week this Sunday, March 6

Date

March 4, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission will launch the annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) this Sunday, March 6. Joined by other federal, state, and local agencies, consumer and national advocacy...

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FTC, DOJ, and FDA Take Action to Stop Marketer of Herbal Tea from Making False COVID-19 Treatment Claims

Date

March 3, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission, jointly with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, have sued a New York-based marketer of herbal tea, seeking to permanently block...

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Operators of Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scam Permanently Banned from Debt Relief Business Under Settlement with the FTC and Florida Attorney General

Date

February 28, 2022

The operators of an alleged credit card interest rate reduction scam will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry as part of court orders resolving charges by the Federal Trade Commission...

Advocacy Filings

FTC Enforcement Activities under the ECOA and Regulation B in 2021: Report to the CFPB

Date

February 23, 2022

FTC Enforcement Activities under the ECOA and Regulation B in 2021: Report to the CFPB (238.15 KB)

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FTC Staff Provides Annual Letter to CFPB On 2021 Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities

Date

February 23, 2022

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The FTC is...

Press Release

FTC Returns More Than $930,000 To Consumers Who Bought Teami’s Deceptively Advertised Teas

Date

February 22, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission is returning more than $930,000 to consumers who bought tea products that Teami marketed and sold using allegedly deceptive health claims. The FTC sued Teami, LLC and its...

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New Data Shows FTC Received 2.8 Million Fraud Reports from Consumers in 2021

Date

February 22, 2022

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data shows that consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 70 percent over the previous year. The FTC received...

Report

Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2021

Date

February 22, 2022

The FTC takes in reports from consumers about problems they experience in the marketplace. The reports are stored in the Consumer Sentinel Network (Sentinel), a secure online database available only...

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