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California-based Lead Generator Agrees to Settlement Banning It from Making or Assisting Others in Making Telemarketing Calls, Including Robocalls
FTC Obtains Orders Halting Mobile Cramming Scheme
Online Shoe Seller Hey Dude, Inc. to Pay $1.95 Million for Violating FTC’s Mail, Internet, and Telephone Order Rule and Suppressing Negative Consumer Reviews
Hey Dude Inc., FTC v.
In September 2023, the FTC announced online shoe retailer Hey Dude, Inc. (Hey Dude) will pay $1.95 million to settle charges that the company misled consumers by suppressing negative reviews, including more than 80 percent of reviews that failed to provide four or more stars out of a possible five. The FTC also contends the company violated the Commission’s Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule in several ways between 2020 and 2022. In August 2024, the FTC announced it was returning $1.9 million to defrauded consumers.
Statement of Chair Khan Joined by Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya regarding the FTC State Collaboration Act RFI
Commission Seeks Public Comment on Collaboration with State Attorneys General
FTC, California Act to Stop Ygrene Energy Fund from Deceiving Consumers About PACE Financing, Placing Liens on Homes Without Consumers’ Consent
Federal Trade Commission, California Take Action To Shut Down Mortgage Relief Operation that Preyed on Struggling Homeowners
FTC Extends its Crackdown on Subscription Scam That Fleeced Consumers and Harassed Them Over the Phone
FTC Takes Action Against Frontier for Lying about Internet Speeds and Ripping Off Customers Who Paid High-Speed Prices for Slow Service
Frontier Communications Corporation
The FTC along with law enforcement agencies from six states, sued Frontier Communications alleging that the company did not provide many consumers with Internet service at the speeds it promised them, and charged many of them for more expensive and higher-speed service than Frontier actually provided.
FTC Enforcement Action Leads U.S. Dept. of Education to Forgive $71.7 Million in Loans for Students Deceived by DeVry University
FTC Sues Frontier Communications for Misrepresenting Internet Speeds
Operators of Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme Banned From Providing Debt Relief Services as Part of Settlement with FTC
FTC Sends More than $273,500 in Refunds to People Who Lost Money to Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme
Western Region (Arizona, Nevada, California) - Consumer Protection and Financial Impact Listening Session
FTC Sends More Than $6.5 Million to Consumers Harmed by Fashion Nova
Fashion Nova, Inc.
Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova will pay $9.3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it didn’t properly notify consumers and give them the chance to cancel their orders when it failed to ship merchandise in a timely manner, and that it illegally used gift cards to compensate consumers for unshipped merchandise instead of providing refunds.
FTC Approves Final Administrative Consent Orders against Sellers of Deceptively Marketed CBD Products
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