Donor Relations LLC & Courtesy Call, Inc.
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1723134
Case Status
Closed
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FTC Sending Out Refunds in Cramming Case
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is sending out 22,671 refund checks to people who lost money to a mobile cramming operation that placed tens of millions of dollars in charges on their mobile phone bills...
FTC Settlements Stop Debt Collection Scheme
Date
The operators of an illegal debt collection scheme have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt collection business in order to settle FTC charges that they falsely threatened to have people...
Vantage Point Services, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
142 3141
Court Temporarily Halts Operators of Rental Listing Websites from Making False Claims About the Availability of Apartments That Accept Section 8 Vouchers and Other Rental Properties
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting two brothers and their four California companies from using false or...
Apartment Hunters, Inc. et al. (Wetakesection8.com)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3007
Defendant Who Took Part in Business Coaching Scheme Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
Date
One of the defendants involved in a multimillion-dollar business-coaching scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he helped deceive consumers with false claims that they...
FTC Settlements Ban Fraudulent Debt Collectors from Debt Collection Business and from Buying or Selling Debt
Date
The operators of a Georgia-based debt collection business that allegedly used false claims and threats to get people to pay debts – including debts they did not owe or that the defendants had no...
Sunkey Publishing and Fanmail.com
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3211
Statement of Commissioner Chopra, Joined by Commissioner Slaughter
Date
By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner;
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
FTC Takes Action against the Operators of Copycat Military Websites
Date
Note: A conference call for media with Joe Simons, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, was held on September 6, 2018. FTC...
FTC Returns more than $14 Million to Consumers Deceived by Misleading Light Bulb Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing 499,105 checks totaling more than $14.4 million to people who bought Lights of America brand LED light bulbs. The FTC sued Lights of America Inc., Usman...
FTC and State of Minnesota Halt Sellers Playbook’s Get Rich Scheme
Date
The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Minnesota have charged Minnesota-based Sellers Playbook with running a large business opportunity scheme. A federal court temporarily halted the operation...
FTC Action Halts Phony Grants Operation
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At the FTC’s request, a federal court has halted a telemarketing scheme that took at least $3 million from consumers, including elderly and disabled persons, who sought help with paying personal...
FTC and Florida Attorney General Say Scheme Used Deception to Sell Labor Law Posters
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The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have charged a Florida man and his company with tricking business owners into buying labor law posters by sending mailers that mimic invoices from...
FTC Returns Money to People Targeted by Phony Debt Collection Scheme
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 597 checks totaling more than $184,000 to people who were allegedly tricked into paying phony debts. In October 2015, the FTC and the State of New York charged...
Prepared Statement of the Commission On FTC Enforcement of Operation Chokepoint-Related Businesses, Before the Subcommittees on National Security and Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
Date
By
Andrew Smith, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Matter Number
P180101
File
Text of the Commission Testimony
(74.41 KB)
FTC Testifies before Two House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees About the Agency’s Work to Combat Payment Processors Who Facilitate Fraud
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In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Subcommittee on Government Operations, the Federal Trade Commission described its...
FTC and States Combat Fraudulent Charities That Falsely Claim to Help Veterans and Servicemembers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission, along with law enforcement officials and charity regulators from 70 offices in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico, announced more...
Operator and Corporate Associate of Business Coaching Scheme Settle with FTC
Date
An officer of the Digital Altitude scheme that falsely claimed it would enable people to earn substantial income online, and a company it used to process consumers’ credit card payments, are banned...
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