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FTC Obtains Court Order: Debt Collector Banned from Debt Collection Business
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The final defendant in a debt collection scheme that illegally threatened to arrest or sue consumers and harassed their friends, family members and employers is banned from debt collection activities...
Court Holds Terrason Spinks and Jet Processing Inc. Liable for $280 Million in Consumer Harm Caused by the IWorks Scheme
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Following a trial, a federal court has found Terrason Spinks and his company, Jet Processing Inc., liable for more than $280 million in consumer harm caused by the IWorks scheme. IWorks’ online...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Operation Took Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a North Carolina debt collection operation with using intimidation and deception to take money from consumers for debts they did not owe, or that the...
FTC Files Charges Against Independent Sales Organization and Sales Agents
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged 12 defendants with laundering millions of dollars in credit card charges through fraudulent merchant accounts. According to the complaint filed by the FTC, the...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Scheme with Posing as Attorneys to Take Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt collection operation with taking people’s money for fake debts they did not owe by posing as lawyers and falsely threatening to sue or have them...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Abusive Debt Collection Operation
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 4,380 checks totaling more than $550,000 to people harmed by Houston-based Goldman Schwartz, Inc., a debt collection operation that also used other business...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Timeshare Resale Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 338 checks totaling more than $319,000 to people who lost money to Information Management Forum Inc., which also did business as Vacation Property Marketing...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Scheme Took Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts They Did Not Owe
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a North Carolina debt collection operation and its owner with taking money from consumers for fake debts they did not owe. The action is part of the FTC’s...
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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 2016: Report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (May 2017)
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FTC Returns Money to Victims of Debt Collection Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,232 checks totaling more than $2.7 million to people who lost money to Rincon Debt Management, a debt collection scheme that focused on people who were...
Rincon Management Services, LLC
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Federal
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FTC Matter/File Number
112 3142
X120019
FTC Settlement Halts Allegedly Abusive Practices by Company Collecting Debts for More Than 500 Municipalities
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An operation that collects debts owed to municipalities has agreed to stop engaging in allegedly illegal collection tactics under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC...
Final Defendant in Alleged Mortgage Relief Scam Settles FTC Charges
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The final defendant in an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners will be banned from selling mortgage or debt relief services under a settlement with the Federal Trade...
FTC Staff Provides Annual Letter to CFPB on Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The FTC is...
Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering Violations and Settles Consumer Fraud Charges, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with FTC and Justice Department
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The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade...
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