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Jan16

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North Carolina Consumer Protection Workshop

January 16, 2013 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the North Carolina Attorney General’s office, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...

Press Release

FTC Takes Action Against Bogus Precious Metals Investment Scheme

Date

March 28, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission took action to halt a telemarketing operation that allegedly took millions of dollars from senior citizens by conning them into buying precious metals on credit without...

Press Release

FTC Action Leads to Court Orders Banning Marketers from Selling Vacation Packages

Date

February 28, 2012

The operators behind a vacation prize scheme are banned from selling vacation packages under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's Office, which...

Nov16

Event

Tennessee Law Enforcement & Legal Services Roundtable

November 16, 2011 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, Vanderbilt Law School, the Tennessee Attorney General’s office, the Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates...

Press Release

FTC Charges Marketers with Tricking People Who Applied for Payday Loans; Used Bank Account Information to Charge Consumers for Unwanted Programs

Date

August 1, 2011

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted an online operation that allegedly debited consumers’ bank accounts without their consent when consumers visited the...

Press Release

FTC Stops Marketers in Nationwide Free VacationPrize Scam Targeting Spanish-Speaking Consumers

Date

May 25, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission, as part of its Hispanic Law Enforcement Initiative, has filed two court actions against five companies and their owners for allegedly tricking consumers into paying fees...

Mar21

Event

Consumer Protection in Underserved Communities

March 21, 2011 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the University of Miami School of Law, Legal Services of Greater Miami, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, legal...

Nov02

Event

Mississippi Common Ground Conference

November 2, 2010 | 10:00AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission and the Mississippi Attorney General’s office at this free event to discuss issues facing consumers today. Topics include the roles of the FTC and Mississippi...

Jun21

Event

Southeast Region Common Ground Conference

June 21, 2010 | 12:00AM - June 22, 2010 | 12:00AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the offices of the Attorney General from Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and...

Press Release

FTC Sues to Stop Robocalls With Deceptive Credit Card Interest-Rate Reduction Claims

Date

December 8, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its second major law enforcement effort this year targeting telemarketers who violated the Do Not Call Rule and other laws by making hundreds of thousands...

Press Release

Pyramid Scheme Operator Settles FTC Charges

Date

July 1, 2008

An operator who used deceptive earnings promises to recruit consumers for a multi-level marketing operation that was a pyramid scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the...

Press Release

FTC Asks Court to Shut Down Illegal Pyramid Operation

Date

June 12, 2007

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...

Press Release

Georgia Telemarketer Banned From Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement

Date

March 9, 2001

Corporate Supplies, Inc., based in Cummings, Georgia, and its principals, Larry Sarchenko and Robert Henkel, have agreed to pay $20,000 in consumer redress as part of a settlement with the Federal...

Press Release

Tennessee Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies As Part of FTC Settlement

Date

January 2, 2001

Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

Press Release

Businesses - Both Large and Small - Continue to Fall Prey to Bogus Business Supply Companies

Date

December 16, 1999

Office supply fraud is one of the most significant business-to-business telemarketing frauds according to the Federal Trade Commission. Industry estimates that telemarketing fraud is costing the...

Business Blog

New Green Lights & Red Flags business seminar debuts in Atlanta

Date

July 2, 2019

Whether you’re taking the midnight train to Georgia, a quick trip on MARTA, or a drive around the Perimeter on your way to one of the many Peachtree Streets, meet us in Atlanta on Thursday, August 15...

Competition Matters

FTC at work outside the Beltway

Date

September 24, 2018

This week, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first FTC regional office. According to the Commission’s 1918 Annual Report, the FTC first established three branch offices in...

Business Blog

Root, root root for the regions

Date

September 24, 2018

This year eight major league baseball teams are celebrating milestone anniversaries – and so are the FTC’s regional offices. In 1918, the Commission opened the first three of its regional offices...

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