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May 22, 2020
May 21, 2020
FTC Sends Letters Warning 50 More Marketers to Stop Making Unsupported Claims That Their Products and Therapies Can Effectively Prevent or Treat COVID-19
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The Federal Trade Commission announced it has sent letters warning 50 more marketers nationwide to stop making unsubstantiated claims that their products and therapies can treat or prevent COVID-19...
Active Duty Servicemembers are More likely to Report Identity Theft than Other Adults, New FTC Data Shows
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Active duty servicemembers are 76 percent more likely than other adults to report that an identity thief misused existing accounts, such as a bank account or credit card, according to the Federal...
May 20, 2020
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Smart Lock Maker
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with a Canadian company related to allegations it falsely claimed that its Internet-connected smart locks were designed to be...
FTC Expands Its Case Against Zurixx Real Estate Seminar Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Utah have amended their complaint against the operators of the Zurixx real estate seminar scheme , adding new charges that the defendants violated the...
FTC and FCC Send Joint Letters to Additional VoIP Providers Warning against ‘Routing and Transmitting’ Illegal Coronavirus-related Robocalls
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The Federal Trade Commission today sent joint letters with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to three companies providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services , warning them that...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (April 2020)
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Case Timeline Item
Tapplock, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 20, 2020
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May 19, 2020
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding Miniclip and the COPPA Safe Harbors
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Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
192 3129
FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $8.5 Million to Consumers Defrauded by Misleading Claims for Dietary Supplements
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 143,636 refund checks totaling more than $8.5 million to consumers who bought three dietary supplements deceptively marketed by National Urological Group, Inc....
Worldwide Payment Processor and Payments Industry Executive to Pay $40.2 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Assisting Fraudulent Schemes and Credit Card Laundering
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One of the biggest payment processing companies and its former executive will pay more than $40.2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they knowingly processed payments and laundered, or...
Swiss Digital Game Developer Settles FTC Allegations that it Falsely Claimed it was a Member of COPPA Safe Harbor Program
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A digital game maker has settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that it misled consumers about its membership in a program aimed at ensuring companies adhere to requirements of the Children’s...
Case Timeline Item
Miniclip, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 19, 2020
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May 18, 2020
Public Statement
Wilson says pandemic underscores need to establish privacy rules for 'Big Tech'
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FTC and SBA Warn Operator of SBA.com and Lead Generator Lendio to Stop Potentially Misleading Coronavirus Relief Loan Marketing
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The Federal Trade Commission and Small Business Administration (SBA) sent warning letters to two companies that may be misleading small businesses seeking SBA loans as a result of the coronavirus...
FTC Sends More Than $12 Million in Full Refunds to Victims of Online Billing Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending full refunds—totaling more than $12 million—to individuals who lost money to a company called I Works, which operated deceptive “trial” memberships and bogus...
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