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In July 2024, NRRM, LLC, which does business as CarShield, along with American Auto Shield, LLC, the administrator of its vehicle service contracts, agreed to pay $10 million to settle FTC charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for VSC are deceptive and misleading, and that many purchasers found that many repairs were not “covered,” despite making payments of up to $120 per month. The FTC also alleges CarShield’s celebrity and consumer endorsers made false statements in its ads. In December 2025, the FTC announced it was sending $9.6 million to defrauded consumers.
In July 2024, a U.S. district court in central Florida unsealed a Federal Trade Commission complaint charging two related groups of defendants with defrauding consumers nationwide by enrolling them, without their knowledge, into continuity plans where they are shipped and charged repeatedly for personal care products that they did not agree to purchase.
The defendants allegedly deceived consumers with ads for “free” CBD and Keto-related personal care products, billing many for products they did not consent to purchase, signing many up for unwanted continuity plans, and debiting money from their bank accounts without prior authorization. In September 2024, the FTC announced three orders settling the Commission’s complaint. In December 2025, the FTC announced it was returning 27.6 million to defrauded consumers.
The FTC approved a proposed order banning SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business over allegations that the stalkerware app company secretly harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use, and online activities through a hidden device hack.
The FTC denied a petition to vacate or modify the FTC’s 2021 order.
In July 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the operators of telemedicine company Southern Health Solutions, Inc., doing business as Next Medical and NextMed, have agreed to settle the FTC’s charges that they used deceptive claims about costs and weight loss, fake reviews, and fake testimonials to lure consumers into buying their weight-loss membership programs that had hidden terms and conditions.
The proposed order requires NextMed and its principals to pay $150,000, which is expected to be used to provide refunds to consumers.
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