Southwest Region

Refine your results

Filters

Content type

Mission

Displaying 101 - 115 of 115

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

"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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

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...

Displaying 101 - 115 of 115

Search or browse the Legal Library

Take action

Competition Matters Blog

Search or browse the Legal Library

Take action

Feature

Vision and Priorities

Technology Blog

Advice and Guidance

Take action

Servicemembers: Your tool for financial readiness

Get consumer protection basics, plain and simple

Learn how the FTC protects free enterprise and consumers

Looking for competition guidance?

Latest News

Upcoming Event

Follow us on social media

Feature

Latest Data Visualization

Featured

Meet the Chair

Tag: Southwest Region

Refine your results

Refine your results

Search or browse
the Legal Library

Search or browse
the Legal Library

Servicemembers:
Your tool for financial readiness