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FTC Halts California Based Mortgage Relief Scam

Date

June 16, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a mortgage relief scam with bilking millions of dollars from homeowners by falsely telling them they could join a so-called “mass joinder”...

Public Statement

Combating Fraud in African-American and Latino Communities

Date

June 15, 2016

Press Release

FTC Reports on Fighting Fraud in African American and Latino Communities

Date

June 15, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report to Congress describing the agency’s substantial work on fraud prevention, law enforcement, and consumer outreach and education in African American...

Report

Combating Fraud In African American & Latino Communities: The FTC's Comprehensive Strategic Plan: A Federal Trade Commission Report To Congress

Date

June 15, 2016

Text of the Commission Report (528.57 KB)

Jun15

Event

Start with Security - Chicago

June 15, 2016 | 12:00AM

The FTC’s fourth “Start With Security” event was held on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois, and was co-sponsored by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. During this one-day event, the FTC...

Press Release

FTC, Florida Attorney General Take Action Against Illegal Robocall Operation

Date

June 14, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General have charged a web of related defendants based in Orlando with bombarding consumers with illegal robocalls in an attempt to...

Press Release

FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $9 Million to Consumers Who Bought Pure Health or Genesis Today Green Coffee Weight-Loss Supplements

Date

June 14, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 191,748 refund checks totaling $9,190,842.68 to consumers who bought Pure Health or Genesis Today green coffee bean extract weight-loss supplements. Consumers...

Cases and Proceedings

Adjudicative Proceedings

POM Wonderful LLC and Roll Global LLC, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 14, 2016

FTC Matter/File Number

082 3122

Docket Number

9344

Cases and Proceedings

Process Enforcement

Tracers Information Specialists, Inc.

Type of Action

Process Enforcement

Last Updated

June 10, 2016

FTC Matter/File Number

1523218

Case Status

Closed

Public Statement

Opening Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez

Date

June 9, 2016

Opening Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez at FinTech Forum Series: Marketplace Lending (104.15 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

American Handicapped and Disadvantaged Workers, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 9, 2016

FTC Matter/File Number

152 3013

Press Release

FTC Settlement Bans Telemarketer from Claiming Sales Help Disabled Persons

Date

June 9, 2016

Adli Dasuqi and his companies, American Handicapped Inc. and American Handicapped and Disadvantaged Workers Inc., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers...

Jun09

Event

FinTech Series: Marketplace Lending

June 9, 2016 | 9:30AM

Starting in summer 2016, the FTC began a forum series exploring emerging financial technology and its implications for consumers. The first FinTech Forum, held June 9, 2016, addressed marketplace...

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Reactions to the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Regulations

Date

June 8, 2016

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair

Reactions to the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Regulations (107.17 KB)

Press Release

How To Participate in FTC’s Fintech Forum On Marketplace Lending

Date

June 8, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission’s Fintech Forum on marketplace lending is being held tomorrow, June 9, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will provide opening remarks. The...

Press Release

Electronic Health Records Company Settles FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers About Privacy of Doctor Reviews

Date

June 8, 2016

Practice Fusion, a cloud-based electronic health record company, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it misled consumers by soliciting reviews for their doctors, without disclosing...

Amicus Briefs

Anthony Rivera v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Date

June 7, 2016

Citation Number

16-7008

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Brief of the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in support of plaintiff-appellant. The brief argues that the district court erroneously concluded that the plaintiff...

Text of the Amicus Brief (155.58 KB)

Jun07

Event

Cmr. McSweeny speech at FTC-sponsored Ethnic Media Roundtable

June 7, 2016 | 11:00AM

Commissioner McSweeny will deliver a speech on Consumer Protection -- FTC efforts against scams/frauds at an Ethnic Media Roundtable sponsored by the Commission’s Division of Consumer and Business...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

2nd Skull, LLC

Date

June 6, 2016

Matter Number

P164501

Closing Letter to John P. Feldman, Counsel for 2nd Skull, LLC (334.49 KB)

Report

FTC Enforcement Activities Related To Compliance With Regulation Z (Truth In Lending Act), Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act), and Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfer Act) During 2015: Report To the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Date

June 6, 2016

Text of the Commission Staff Report (173.42 KB)

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