Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of the University of Phoenix, Inc.
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By
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
152 3231
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Concurring Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of the University of Phoenix, Inc.
Date
By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner
Matter Number
152 3231
FTC Puts an End to Bogus Job Placement and Resume Repair Scheme
Date
The operator of a job placement company that deceived consumers with false promises of access to high-paying finance jobs and resume repair services for non-existent jobs will be permanently banned...
FTC Halts Fake Job Opportunity and Resume Repair Operation
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The Federal Trade Commission charged two companies and their owner with bilking hundreds of thousands dollars annually from consumers for sham job placement and resume repair services. A federal court...
Jul13
Working Together to Protect Michigan Consumers: A Common Ground Conference
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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...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Raise in Pay” Commercial)
Date
By
Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
File
Text of the Letter
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May19
Scam Jam: An Evening to Empower Georgia Consumers
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Join the FTC and NAACP Georgia’s Scam Jam to hear about scams that affect African American communities. Hear from experts how to spot, stop and report consumer scams – including imposter and wire...
May19
Obstacles to Economic Opportunity: A Joint Conference of the FTC and the NAACP Examining Frauds that Affect the African American Community
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The Federal Trade Commission and the NAACP of Georgia will host a conference on Obstacles to Economic Opportunity, examining the frauds affecting the African American Community. The conference will...
Apr21
Spotting and Avoiding Scams in Our Communities
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New America Media & the Federal Trade Commission invite you to an ethnic media news briefing: Every year scammers defraud our communities of hundreds of millions of dollars by selling fake services...
April is Financial Literacy Month
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April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information to help you make the most of your money no matter who you are – student...
FTC Settlement Bans Marketer from Selling Work-At-Home Opportunities
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Christopher Andrew Sterling, a work-at-home opportunity marketer, has been banned from selling work-at-home and business opportunities under a federal court settlement. The FTC sued Sterling in...
Operators of Postal Jobs Scheme Banned from Selling Employment Services
Date
Under settlement orders with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, the operators of an alleged federal jobs scam have been banned from selling employment products or services. Last year, as...
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...
FTC Warns of Gulf Oil Spill Job Scams
Date
Scammers who prey on people eager for work have turned their attention to the Gulf oil spill. Bogus ads for oil spill clean-up jobs in the Gulf are appearing in newspapers, online, and in e-mail...
FTC Cracks Down on Con Artists Who Target Jobless Americans
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new crackdown on con artists who are preying on unemployed Americans with job-placement and work-at-home scams, promoting empty promises that they can...
Jun01
Business Opportunity Rule Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a day-long public workshop on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC, to explore proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule. The workshop, which is free and...
Business Blog
FTC staff report analyzes 70 MLM income disclosure statements
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Think your MLM income disclosure statement is a model of clarity? Think again. Think your disclosure supports claims that participants can earn lots of extra money if they join? Think again (again)...
Care.com, Inc., FTC v.
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Care.com (Care), alleging that the child and older adult care gig platform has systematically deceived caregivers who were looking for jobs while failing to give families seeking care a simple way to cancel their paid memberships.
In a federal court complaint, the FTC alleges that Care’s marketing messages about both the number of jobs available on their site and the amount workers could expect to be paid were deceptive.
Care has agreed to a settlement that will require it to turn over $8.5 million to be used to refund consumers harmed by their practices, as well as requiring the company to be able to back up the earnings claims it makes and be honest about the number of jobs available on their site.
Type of Action
Federal
Case Status
Pending
Business Blog
Facts about fraud from the FTC – and what it means for your business
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The FTC just issued its 2023 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book jam-packed with facts about the kind of scams consumers have reported to us. Has the reported dollar amount lost to fraud gone up or...
Business Blog
A job scam that college students – and your HR team – need to know about
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If you’ll be seeing college-age relatives over the holidays, warn them about a variation on the “job interview” scam that students looking for summer or permanent employment have reported to us. And...
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