Commission Actions

United Payphones of America, Inc., and Andrew Marcus, who were charged by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business opportunities, have agreed to pay a $22...

ComTel Communications Global Network, Inc., of North Miami Beach, Florida, and its officers, have reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission settling charges that they made false and...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that a Hinsdale, Illinois funeral home and its owner pled guilty to criminal contempt charges for violating a 1992 agreement with the FTC. Edward Olenec...

In testimony presented today before the House Banking and Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, the Federal Trade Commission said that it "supports...

A California distributor of rapid HIV tests that were advertised on the Internet as being the "most accurate technology available" has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that, in some instances...

Chairman Robert Pitofsky presented Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on whether antitrust laws pose potential obstacles to self-regulatory ratings...

Alaska Healthcare Network (AHN), an association of 86 physicians who practice in the Fairbanks, Alaska area, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that AHN and its members agreed to...

"I have had the honor of working with Joel Klein over the last five years in his position as Assistant Attorney General, and before that as Principal Deputy. Thanks to his leadership, cooperation...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed transaction from the following: Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified). The application concerns the June 1999 FTC consent order...