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FTC Sends More Than $1 Million in Refunds to Victims of Invention Promotion Scam

Date

March 30, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $1 million to consumers targeted by a bogus invention promotion business that failed to deliver on the services it promised, and...

Cases and Proceedings

Steven J. Bransfield

A group of affiliate marketers who lured consumers into a business coaching and investment scheme known as My Online Business Education (MOBE) will surrender millions of dollars in assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

March 5, 2020

FTC Matter/File Number

192 3089

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FTC Acts to Shut Down Companies Operating Real Estate Seminar Scheme

Date

November 5, 2019

UPDATE: A stipulated preliminary injunction has been entered in this case. The Federal Trade Commission and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection sued Nudge, LLC and affiliated companies, alleging...

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FTC Sues Multi-Level Marketer Neora, formerly known as Nerium, Alleging it Operates as an Illegal Pyramid Scheme

Date

November 1, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission sued the multi-level marketer Neora, LLC, formerly known as Nerium International, LLC, and its Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Olson, alleging that the company operates...

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FTC Acts Against Company Using Celebrity Endorsements, Bogus Earnings Claims to Sell Real Estate Seminars

Date

October 4, 2019

A federal court has entered a temporary restraining order against Utah-based Zurixx, LLC and affiliated companies, which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection...

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Multi-Level Marketer AdvoCare Will Pay $150 Million To Settle FTC Charges it Operated an Illegal Pyramid Scheme

Date

October 2, 2019

Multi-level marketer AdvoCare International, L.P. and its former chief executive officer agreed to pay $150 million and be banned from the multi-level marketing business to resolve Federal Trade...

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FTC Returns More than $2.2 Million to Vemma Affiliates Who Lost Money

Date

September 19, 2019

The FTC will be mailing refund checks totaling more than $2.2 million to people who lost money to an alleged pyramid scheme operated by Vemma Nutrition Company. The refunds are the result of the FTC’s...

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FTC Details Efforts to Protect Older Consumers in Report to Congress

Date

October 18, 2018

A new report released today by the Federal Trade Commission details the agency’s comprehensive efforts to protect older consumers from fraud, identity theft, and other problems in the marketplace. The...

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Vemma Agrees to Ban on Pyramid Scheme Practices to Settle FTC Charges

Date

December 15, 2016

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Arizona-based Vemma Nutrition Company will end the business practices that the FTC alleged created a pyramid scheme. The multi-level marketing...

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Event

Working Together to Protect Michigan Consumers: A Common Ground Conference

July 13, 2016 | 9:00AM - 3:00PM

Join law enforcement and consumer advocates for this free event to discuss issues affecting Michigan’s consumers. Learn about emerging trends and new and existing challenges. Explore ways to...

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FTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Scheme

Date

August 26, 2015

Promised unlimited income potential, but most participants lose money

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FTC Returns Almost $1.9 Million to Consumers in BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme

Date

June 15, 2015

The FTC is mailing 52,099 checks to consumers who lost money to a pyramid scheme that pretended to be a legitimate multi-level marketing program selling opportunities to operate online digital music...

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U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of FTC, Upholds Lower Court Order Against BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme

Date

June 5, 2014

In a victory for the Federal Trade Commission, a federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that BurnLounge, a multi-level marketing business, and several associated individuals...

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Pyramid Scheme Operator Settles FTC Charges

Date

July 1, 2008

An operator who used deceptive earnings promises to recruit consumers for a multi-level marketing operation that was a pyramid scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the...

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FTC Asks Court to Shut Down Illegal Pyramid Operation

Date

June 12, 2007

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...

Business Blog

Operation AI Comply: continuing the crackdown on overpromises and AI-related lies

Date

September 25, 2024

Maybe you grew up daydreaming about artificial intelligence, or AI. You imagined its potential to change the future, possibly with an army of helpful robots to take on your least favorite human tasks...

Business Blog

New resources to help protect consumers and small businesses from fraud

Date

November 8, 2023

Consumers speak many languages and unfortunately scammers are conversant in all of them. That’s why the FTC has reinforced its fraud fighting capabilities by collecting scam reports in multiple...

Business Blog

FTC crunches the 2022 numbers. See where scammers continue to crunch consumers.

Date

February 23, 2023

There are prime numbers, irrational numbers, and Fibonacci’s numbers – but from a consumer protection perspective, no number is quite as sobering as the dollar amount that people reported losing to...

Business Blog

A warning to marketers about testi-phony-als, including ads falsely claiming a “Shark Tank” connection

Date

February 17, 2023

It’s for sure you’ve seen ads like this online and in social media. They use a litany of iffy claims to advertise equally questionable products: “drop the pounds” diet pills, IQ-boosting brain...

Business Blog

Holding franchisors accountable for illegal practices

Date

August 3, 2022

We often talk about homes, cars, and education as the largest purchases people will ever make. But for many consumers, the cost of buying a franchise is the financial commitment of a lifetime. Some...

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