Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has charged California-based marketers of the “Balance Bracelet,” a purported pain relief product, with making false and unsubstantiated claims. In its complaint filed in...

Tens of thousands of consumers who were victims of SkyBiz.com, an Internet pyramid scam disguised as a legitimate business opportunity, may qualify to share in a $20 million court-ordered redress fund...

The former general counsel of Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, DC-area mortgage lender and servicer whose deceptive lending practices the Federal Trade Commission is challenging in...

One of the nation’s largest debt-collection firms will pay $1.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by reporting inaccurate...

Greeting Cards of America, Inc. (GCA), and its owners, Gerald Towbin and Susan Towbin, are banned from marketing any franchise, business venture, or business opportunity as part of a settlement with...

A federal district court in Illinois has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for summary judgment in its case against Peter J. Porcelli, II and several of his Largo, Florida-based companies...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureaus of Consumer Protection and Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning staff provided comments this week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on three...

A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...

Commission approval of final consent order: By a vote of 5-0, the Commission has approved a final consent order and authorized the staff to send letters to the commentors of record in the matter...

I plan to leave the Federal Trade Commission this summer. Serving as Chairman of the Commission has been the greatest honor of my professional career. I deeply appreciate the trust that President Bush...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges that Brian Westby and Martijn P. Bevelander employed spam that used deceptively bland subject lines, false return addresses, and empty “reply-to” links...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that P2P software can expose consumers, to unwanted...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a group of defendants masquerading as a nonprofit debt negotiation organization that has made millions of dollars deceiving consumers into...

A U.S. District Court judge has ordered John Ben Stewart, Jr. and his son, William Joseph Stewart, to pay $200,000, or face jail time, for violating the court's asset freeze order. In a complaint...

Commission approval of final consent orders: By a vote of 5-0, the Commission has approved two final consent orders related to the FTC’s case against Vital Basics, Inc., Robert B. Graham, and Michael...

The Federal Trade Commission will host back-to-back workshops, “Hispanic Consumer Outreach Forum,” and “Hispanic Consumer Protection Law Enforcement Workshop,” on May 12-13, 2004, to explore...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed a complaint in federal district court to obtain civil penalties against William H. Gates III for violating...

Every year millions of students apply for financial aid and scholarships to help finance their college education. Sometimes they fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. To help federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order with two leading industrial gas producers, L'Air Liquide (Air Liquide) and Messer Griesheim GmbH (Messer), under which Air Liquide...

The FTC has told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that “spyware appears to be a new and rapidly growing practice that poses a...