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May01
Sharing a Common Ground: A Common Ground Conference in St. Louis
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TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT (Registration at 8:30 a.m.) WHERE: Washington University School of Law, Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Room 310, St. Louis, Missouri Join the Federal...
Apr21
Working Together to Advance Protections for Immigrant Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission and East Bay Community Law Center invite you to attend a conference on Working Together to Advance Protections for Immigrant Consumers. The conference will bring together...
Payday Lenders That Used Tribal Affiliation to Illegally Garnish Wages Settle with FTC
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A South Dakota-based payday lending operation and its owner will pay $967,740 to the U.S. Treasury as part of a settlement resolving FTC charges that they used unfair and deceptive tactics to collect...
FTC Charges Operators of “Jerk.com” Website With Deceiving Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission charged the operators of the website “Jerk.com” with harvesting personal information from Facebook to create profiles labeling people a “Jerk” or “not a Jerk,” then...
FTC Obtains more than $3.3 Million for Consumers; Defendants Agree to Be Permanently Banned from the Debt Collection Business
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The two principal owners of Rincon Debt Management, Jason R. Begley and Wayne W. Lunsford, will surrender more than $3.3 million worth of assets that will be used to provide refunds to victims, under...
U.S. District Judge Finds that FTC Can Sue Deceptive Payday Loan Business Regardless of American Indian Tribal Affiliation
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U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro handed the Federal Trade Commission a significant victory in its crackdown on deceptive payday lenders, affirming a magistrate judge’s finding that the defendants...
At FTC’s Request, Court Halts Debt Collector’s Allegedly Deceptive and Abusive Practices, Freezes Assets
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court halted a debt collection operation that the agency charged with violating the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fair Debt...
FTC Files Amicus Brief Opposing District Court Finding on Collection of Time-Barred Debt
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, arguing that a federal district court erroneously dismissed a consumer’s class action complaint...
FTC Increases Deterrence with Stepped Up Enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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Over the last year, the Federal Trade Commission has continued aggressive enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by bringing or resolving nine debt collection cases, according to the...
In Debt Collection Case, FTC Sends Refund Checks to Consumers
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An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing 8,352 checks averaging $91.14 each to consumers who were deceived into paying unnecessary “convenience fees” to Jacob Law Group...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Involving Two Auto Dealers’ Deceptive Ads
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission approved final consent orders settling charges that two automotive dealers deceptively advertised the cost or available discounts for...
Plain Language Guidance
Advertising Consumer Leases
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If you advertise consumer leases, the Federal Trade Commission has important information for you: Your ads must comply with the streamlined rules for lease advertising found in the Consumer Leasing...
Defendants in Phony Mortgage Relief Scheme to Pay Nearly $3.6 Million; Orders Ban Them from Mortgage Relief Business
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The South Florida-based defendants in an alleged mortgage relief scam will surrender their assets and be banned permanently from providing mortgage relief and debt relief services to consumers under a...
National Processing Co. & Vantiv, Inc.
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1323105
Case Status
Closed
Report
2013 Performance and Accountability Report
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File
2013 Performance and Accountability Report
(18.75 MB)
Defendants in Two Financial Services Schemes Banned from Providing Mortgage and Debt Relief Services
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The defendants in two separate alleged scams have settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission and will be banned from providing mortgage- and debt-relief services. The cases are part of the FTC...
Southeast Trust, LLC, formerly known as The Debt School, LLC and d/b/a Financial Freedom Credit Counseling, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1223079
X130015
American Mortgage Consulting Group, LLC, also d/b/a American Mortgage Group and American Mortgage Consulting, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3054
X120052
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