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1811006 Informal Interpretation
1811008 Informal Interpretation
20190203: Saputo Inc.; Jeffrey B. Terranova
20190235: Platinum Equity Capital Partners IV. L.P.; Lonza Group Ltd
20190157: Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited; General Electric Company
FTC Staff Comment to the NTIA: Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy
1811002 Informal Interpretation
1811005 Informal Interpretation
ReadyTech Corporation, In the Matter of
20190168: Tata Steel Limited; thyssenkrupp Netherlands Project B.V.
20190170: thyssenkrupp AG; thyssenkrupp Netherlands Project B.V.
Linde AG and Praxair, Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment; Proposed Consent Agreement
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Modified Federal Trade Commission Systems of Records; Correction
Marathon Petroleum Corp.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment; Proposed Consent Agreement
20190149: Golden Gate Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P.; Providence Equity Partners VII Vector Learning L.P.
20190162: AP VIII Prime Security Services Holdings, L.P.; Comvest Investment Partners IV, L.P.
20190163: Clearlake Capital Partners V, L.P.; Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund V, L.P.
Campbell Capital LLC
In 2018, the FTC and State of New York alleged that Campbell Capital, LLC and its owner, Robert Heidenreich, along with a number of other related companies, collected payments on debts from consumers that exceeded the amounts they allegedly owed. The defendants in the case were able to collect these funds by allegedly using tactics such as threatening that consumers would be arrested or served with legal papers at work if they did not make payments immediately. In some cases, according to the suit filed by the FTC and New York, the collectors pretended to be sheriff’s office employees or process servers when making such threats in phone calls with consumers.
Heidenreich agreed to a settlement with the FTC and New York in February 2020 that permanently banned him from the debt collection industry and required him to turn over funds to be used to provide refunds to affected consumers. In total, $19,826.64 will be sent to consumers, with each receiving a check for $32.88.