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Defendants Involved in Selling Business Coaching Programs Settle FTC Charges
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Seven individuals and eight companies they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges in a deceptive telemarketing operation that took millions of dollars from thousands of...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Timeshare Resale Scam
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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...
FTC Charges Debt Collection Scheme Took Consumers’ Money for Phantom Debts They Did Not Owe
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a North Carolina debt collection operation and its owner with taking money from consumers for fake debts they did not owe. The action is part of the FTC’s...
FTC Wraps up Major Phone Cramming Case as Remaining Defendants Settle Charges
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The remaining defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’...
CellMark Biopharma, LLC & Lexium International LLC
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1623133, 1623134
Case Status
Closed
FTC Announces Agenda for Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the agenda and speakers confirmed to date for its upcoming workshop in San Antonio, Texas on July 19, 2017, a forum on financial issues and scams that can...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Auto Loan Modification Scheme
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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...
FTC Amends Complaint Against Invention Promotion Scheme Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints...
FTC Stops Operators of Unlawful Student Debt Relief and Credit Repair Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission charged the operators of a phony student loan debt relief and credit repair scheme with bilking millions of dollars from consumers by falsely promising to reduce or...
FTC and Florida Halt Massive Debt Relief Scam
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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...
AFR Financial, LLC
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1523038
Case Status
Closed
New FTC Website Helps Small Businesses Avoid Scams and Cyber Attacks
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At the direction of Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, the Federal Trade Commission has launched a new website – ftc.gov/SmallBusiness – with articles, videos, and other information aimed at helping...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Envelope-Stuffing Scheme
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An envelope-stuffing operation is banned from selling business and work-at-home opportunities under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC charges that David S...
Marketers of ‘NutriMost Ultimate Fat Loss System’ Settle FTC Charges
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The marketers of a weight-loss system advertised as using “breakthrough technology” and “personalized supplements” to help consumers permanently lose “20 to 40+ pounds in 40 days” without...
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting Telemarketing Scheme that Preyed on Spanish Speaking Consumers
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted an operation whose telemarketers in Peru allegedly used deceptive and abusive tactics to sell products for learning English to...
FTC Approves Final Consents Settling Charges that Two Companies Made Misleading Made-in-the-USA Claims
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Following public comment periods in two separate cases, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final consent orders settling charges that iSpring Water Systems, LLC, a Georgia-based distributor of...
FTC Announces 2017 Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it is hosting a workshop in San Antonio, Texas, on July 19, 2017, to examine financial issues and scams that can affect military consumers, including...
FTC Halts Imposter Scheme that Falsely Claimed Connection to the Agency
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a preliminary injunction that bars a Florida man from illegally deceiving consumers by falsely claiming to be offering tech support services on behalf of the...
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