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FTC and DOJ Announce Agenda for Dec. 6 and 7 Workshop, Making Competition Work: Promoting Competition in Labor Markets
Lifewatch Inc.
Announced in June 2019 as part of a crackdown on illegal robocalls against operations around the country responsible for more than one billion calls, this court order contains provisions related to two sets of defendants: 1) the Lifewatch defendants, which includes Lifewatch, Inc., Evan Sirlin, and Mitchel May; and 2) the Roman defendants, which includes Safe Home Security, MedGuard Alert, Inc., and David Roman. The order permanently bans the Lifewatch defendants from telemarketing and prohibits them from misrepresenting the terms associated with the sale of any product or service. It also imposes a financial judgment of $25.3 million against Lifewatch and Sirlin. According to the FTC’s July 2015 complaint, filed jointly with the Florida Attorney General’s Office, since 2012 the defendants bombarded primarily elderly consumers with at least a billion unsolicited robocalls to pitch supposedly “free” medical alert systems.
FTC Releases 2021 Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Reports Registrations and Consumer Complaints Both Increased in FY 2021
FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Announces New Appointments in Agency Leadership Positions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (Pay-Per-Call Rule)
FTC to Expand Criminal Referral Program to Stop and Deter Corporate Crime
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Regulation V)
FTC Invites Public Comment on Draft Strategic Plan
FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for November 18 Open Commission Meeting
Open Commission Meeting – November 18, 2021
FTC Takes Action to Ban Payment Processor From Debt Relief Processing
Automatic Funds Transfer Services, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission obtained an order permanently banning a payment processor that facilitated a fraudulent student loan debt relief scheme from processing debt relief payments. The order also requires the company and its owner to surrender $500,000 to the FTC for consumer redress.
The FTC’s complaint against Automatic Funds Transfer Services, Inc. (AFTS) and its owner, Eric Johnson, alleges that AFTS processed at least $31 million in consumer payments for a fraudulent student loan debt relief scheme sued by the FTC in 2019. The debt relief scheme used numerous names, including The Student Loan Group (SLG).
FTC Returns Nearly $60 Million to Drivers Whose Tips Were Illegally Withheld by Amazon
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