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FTC Action Leads Arkansas Car Dealer to Pay $90,000 Civil Penalty for not Displaying ‘Buyers Guides’ on Used Cars

Date

June 10, 2015

An Arkansas auto dealer and its owners have agreed to pay a $90,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to display a “Buyers Guide” on used vehicles offered for...

Apr17

Event

Navajo Consumer Credit Seminar and Roundtable

April 17, 2015 | 8:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Regional Office and the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission will co-host a day-long seminar and roundtable for the Navajo Nation. The event will be held in...

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Home Relief Foundation Defendants Barred from Selling Debt Relief Services

Date

March 25, 2015

Austin, Texas-based Home Relief Foundation, Inc. and its two owners have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally charged up-front fees for services they falsely promised would...

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FTC Charges Company, Owner with Deceptively Marketing Mosquito Repellent Wristbands

Date

February 20, 2015

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Lou Lentine and Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc. (Viatek) with making deceptive, unsubstantiated claims for Mosquito Shield Bands. The complaint also...

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FTC Sues to Stop Texas Debt Collector from Coercing Consumers by Falsely Claiming It Will Bring Legal Action Against Them, Garnish Their Wages

Date

January 21, 2015

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a complaint against a Texas-based debt collection operation and its current and former principals for illegally threatening consumers with false claims that...

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FTC and Florida Close the Book on Fraudulent Business Directory Schemes

Date

December 22, 2014

The defendants in two online business directory schemes, one based in Montreal, the other in Oklahoma City, have been banned from the business directory business under settlements with the Federal...

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FTC Sues Online ‘Yellow Pages’ Operation for Scamming Small Businesses, Doctors’ Offices, Retirement Homes, and Religious Schools

Date

August 7, 2014

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted, pending litigation, an Oklahoma City-based operation that allegedly bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from small...

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Federal and State Agencies Stop Phony Mortgage Relief Schemes

Date

July 23, 2014

Note: A conference call for media with Katie Fallow, FTC Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, and CFBP Deputy Director Steve Antonakes was held on July 23, 2014. Katie Fallow and FTC staff took...

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Scammer Settles FTC Charges He Sent Consumers Millions of Unwanted Texts

Date

July 22, 2014

A text message spammer and his company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they were responsible for sending millions of unwanted messages to consumers across the country...

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Court Order Bars Credit Repair Company from Misleading Credit Bureaus, Charging Consumers Up-Front Fees for Its Services

Date

June 18, 2014

A Texas-based company owned and operated by a husband and wife team has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by lying to consumer reporting agencies, often...

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Scammers Settle FTC Charges They Sent Millions of Spam Text Messages

Date

June 12, 2014

Two affiliate-marketing scammers and their company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers across the U.S. with false...

May23

Event

Native American Common Ground

May 23, 2014 | 9:00AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the office of the Attorney General from New Mexico, legal services attorneys, and other consumer advocates at this free event to discuss issues facing consumers...

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FTC Puts Texas-based Operation Permanently Out of the Debt Collection Business After It Allegedly Used Deception, Insults, and False Threats against Consumers

Date

May 19, 2014

The owner of a Houston-based debt collection operation that the FTC charged used insults, lies, and false threats of imprisonment to collect on payday loans will surrender his assets, estimated to be...

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FTC Testifies on Precious Metals Investment Scams Before Senate Special Committee on Aging

Date

April 30, 2014

In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission described its efforts to stop precious metals investment scams and inform consumers how to avoid them. Testifying on behalf of the...

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FTC Action Leads to Shutdown of Texas-based Debt Collector that Allegedly Used Deception, Insults, and False Threats Against Consumers

Date

January 31, 2013

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court shut down a Houston-based debt collection operation that allegedly illegally used insults, lies, and false threats to collect on...

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FTC Charges Credit Repair Operators With Misleading Credit Bureaus and Charging Consumers Illegal Up-Front Fees

Date

October 13, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a credit repair company with making false statements to credit bureaus about information in consumers’ credit reports, and illegally...

Sep30

Event

Consumer Protection in Underserved Communities

September 30, 2011 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the Tulane University School of Law, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free event to...

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"Free Software CD" Internet Operation Settles FTC Charges

Date

June 11, 2008

Defendants who allegedly offered “free” software CDs that weren’t free, and billed unsuspecting consumers for a software continuity program they didn’t know they were enrolled in, have agreed to...

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FTC Halts Deceptive Free Software CD Internet Scam

Date

January 25, 2007

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States Magistrate Judge has temporarily halted the marketing practices of an operation that deceptively advertised “free software CDs” but...

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FTC and States Unite to Fight Fundraising Fraud

Date

May 20, 2003

The Federal Trade Commission today announced "Operation Phoney Philanthropy" - a law enforcement and public education campaign by the FTC and state charities regulators to stop fraudulent fundraising...

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