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Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business

August 15, 2019 | 8:15AM

A one-day public workshop in Atlanta focused on truth-in-advertising basics and data security compliance. Designed for business owners, advertising and marketing executives, and attorneys, the program...

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FTC, Law Enforcement Partners Announce New Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls

Date

June 25, 2019

The FTC and its U.S., state, and local law enforcement partners announced a major crackdown on illegal robocalls, including 94 actions targeting operations around the country that are responsible for...

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FTC Settlements Will Ban Student Loan Debt Relief Operators From Engaging in Debt Relief Services

Date

December 7, 2018

The operators of two Florida-based student loan debt relief schemes are banned from the debt relief business as part of agreements settling Federal Trade Commission allegations that they collected...

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FTC Celebrates 100th Anniversary of its Regional Offices

Date

September 24, 2018

The FTC is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of its first regional offices, and the important role they play in protecting consumers and promoting competition through law enforcement...

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FTC, Partners Conduct First Compliance Sweep under Newly Amended Used Car Rule

Date

July 12, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission, working jointly with 12 partner agencies in seven states, conducted the first compliance sweep of car dealerships since the amended Used Car Rule took effect earlier this...

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Time’s Up for Florida Operation That Pitched Worthless Timeshare Resale Scheme

Date

May 4, 2018

The Florida-based operators of a deceptive timeshare resale scheme and their company, Pro Timeshare Resales, are permanently banned from timeshare resale services and telemarketing, are prohibited...

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Debt Relief Scammers Settle with FTC and Florida; Will Submit $35 Million in Assets for Consumer Redress

Date

April 12, 2018

Three marketers who allegedly sold phony debt relief services, including fake loans, have agreed to be banned from selling debt relief, credit repair and financial products and services, to be banned...

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FTC, State Law Enforcement Partners Announce Nationwide Crackdown on Student Loan Debt Relief Scams

Date

October 13, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission, along with 11 states and the District of Columbia, today announced “Operation Game of Loans,” the first coordinated federal-state law enforcement initiative targeting...

Press Release

FTC Obtains Court Order: Debt Collector Banned from Debt Collection Business

Date

August 30, 2017

The final defendant in a debt collection scheme that illegally threatened to arrest or sue consumers and harassed their friends, family members and employers is banned from debt collection activities...

Press Release

FTC to Host Cybersecurity Roundtables with Small Businesses

Date

July 20, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is hosting small business owners in a series of public roundtables across the United States to discuss the most pressing challenges small businesses face in protecting the...

Press Release

FTC Returns Money to Vacation Prize Scheme Victims

Date

July 20, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 53,240 checks totaling more than $532,000 to people who paid VGC Corp of America for expensive vacation packages they never received. According to the FTC’s...

Press Release

Phony OSHA Scam Banned from Conning Small Businesses

Date

July 14, 2017

An operation that allegedly conned small businesses into paying for government-required regulatory posters will be banned from selling such materials, which government agencies provide for free. The...

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FTC Returns Money to Victims of Timeshare Resale Scam

Date

June 23, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 338 checks totaling more than $319,000 to people who lost money to Information Management Forum Inc., which also did business as Vacation Property Marketing...

Press Release

FTC Returns Money to Victims of Auto Loan Modification Scheme

Date

June 15, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 288 checks totaling more than $109,000 to people who paid an up-front fee to Regency Financial Services, which promised to get them better terms for their auto...

Press Release

FTC, State of Georgia Obtain Court Order Permanently Halting Electronics Buyback Scheme

Date

June 1, 2017

A Federal court has granted a request from the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Georgia to permanently bar the deceptive business practices of an electronics buyback company that misled...

Press Release

FTC and Florida Halt Massive Debt Relief Scam

Date

May 23, 2017

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida, a federal court has temporarily halted a massive phony debt relief operation that bilked tens of millions of dollars from...

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FTC Obtains Court Order Requiring Owner of Precious Metals Investment Scam To Surrender Florida Home Bought With Ill-Gotten Gains

Date

May 18, 2017

A federal court has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a lien on the Florida home of Sam J. Goldman, the operator of an alleged precious metals scam that conned senior citizens. For...

Press Release

FTC and Federal, State and International Partners Announce Major Crackdown on Tech Support Scams

Date

May 12, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission, along with federal, state and international law enforcement partners, today announced “Operation Tech Trap,” a nationwide and international crackdown on tech support...

Press Release

Debt Collector Ordered to Pay $2 Million in Civil Penalties

Date

April 24, 2017

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has ordered Timothy L. Ford, the president of Commercial Recovery Systems Inc. (CRS), to pay a $2 million civil penalty for violating the...

Press Release

FTC Action Halts Timeshare Resale Scheme

Date

December 22, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a timeshare reselling scheme with bilking at least $15 million dollars from timeshare property owners by imposing hefty up-front fees based on...

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