Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U. S. Postal Inspection Service have put more than 1,000 junk e-mailers on notice that the agencies are monitoring unsolicited e-mail for fraudulent schemes and...

In testimony today before a Senate Subcommittee, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky, speaking on behalf of the Commission, outlined how the agency is fighting telemarketing fraud which...

Jewelry sales often rise in February because of Valentine's Day, and to help ensure that Cupid's gifts don't lose their luster, the Federal Trade Commission recently released a new consumer education...

The two remaining defendants in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission under "Project $cholar$cam" have agreed to settle charges they misrepresented their ability to obtain college...

The Dean Thomas Corporation, along with its president, Dean R. Thomas, and other affiliated companies, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "OPERATION...

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a 23-page complaint in U.S. District Court against Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-area mortgage lender, and its owner, Thomas K...

Commission action: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity and also approved an application for divestiture required by the order...

A federal district court judge has ordered four individuals who allegedly engaged in a nationwide advance fee loan scam to stop misrepresenting that they could get credit cards for consumers in...

In a continuing effort to target corporations and individuals that guarantee loans for an advance fee and never deliver, the Federal Trade Commission, the state Attorneys General of Illinois and...

Tippecanoe Mining Inc., a Sherman Oaks, California-based telemarketing company, and its principals, have agreed to pay monetary judgments totalling $2,409,759 to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Advertisers who promised fabulous earnings to consumers who invested in home-based medical billing businesses are the target of a federal/state crackdown on this new trend in business opportunity...

As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Iowa today announced the results of the largest statewide...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has ordered Lonny Remmers, a defendant already under order in a civil case filed by the FTC against Satellite Broadcasting...

In a settlement announced today with the Federal Trade Commission, S.C. Johnson has agreed to divest a portion of the assets it would gain in its $1.125 billion acquisition of DowBrands, including Dow...

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Brake Guard Products, Inc. to discontinue advertisements that claim their add-on braking system performed as effectively as factory installed antilock braking...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will begin to distribute refunds from a $350,000 fund to consumers who signed up with Careers, Inc., a Michigan firm that deceptively marketed...

Companies promising jobs with the U.S. Postal Service are breaking federal law said the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Postal Service as they announced a national effort to "Stamp Out Job Fraud...

A Colorado resident, who responded to an ad announcing postal jobs that didn't exist, will tell his story at a press conference to be held jointly by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Postal...