Aspen Way Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3151
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FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Amend Complaint Against The Tax Club, Charged with Bilking Consumers Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended a complaint against The Tax Club defendants, who in January 2013 were charged by the FTC and the New York and Florida Attorneys General with deceiving...
FTC Returns More than $685,000 to Victims of "Real Wealth" Work-at-Home and Grant Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 50,365 refund checks totaling more than $685,000 to consumers who were victimized by a bogus work-at-home and grant scam. As part of a February 2010 law...
FTC Action Leads Court to Halt Alleged Pyramid Scheme
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina, a federal court has halted an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme pending trial. The FTC and the...
FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Charge The Tax Club's Telemarketing Scheme with Bilking Consumers Who Were Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses
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The Federal Trade Commission and the New York and Florida Attorneys General charged The Tax Club’s telemarketing operation with deceiving consumers who mistakenly believed its services would help...
Business 'Coaching' Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges
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Most of the defendants in a massive business “coaching” scheme that allegedly took more than $100 million from consumers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...
Business Opportunity Rule
Rule Updated Date
The Business Opportunity Rule requires business opportunity sellers to give prospective buyers specific information to help them evaluate a business opportunity, thus ensuring that the prospective...
Yellow Page Marketing B.V., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3119
X110044
FTC Expands Fight Against Deceptive Business Opportunity Schemes
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced seven new law enforcement actions and developments in five other FTC cases involving scams that falsely promise jobs and opportunities to be your own boss...
Stefanchik John, individually and as an officer and director of Beringer Corporation, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
022-3246
FTC Amends Franchise Rule to Revise Monetary Thresholds for Three Exemptions
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The Federal Trade Commission announced it is amending its Franchise Rule to adjust the monetary thresholds used to determine when the sale of a franchise business is exempt from the Rule, which...
Business Recovery Services, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1123009
National Sales Group, I Life Marketing LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1023246
Plain Language Guidance
Selling a Work-at-Home or Other Business Opportunity? Revised Rule May Apply to You
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If you sell business opportunities, take this opportunity to find out more about your compliance obligations. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, has revised the...
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Plain Language Guidance
Bogus Business Opportunities
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Maybe you've seen ads for stuffing envelopes or assembling crafts at home. Perhaps a company says it can help you set up a vending business. Before you sign on the dotted line or send money to buy a...
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