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Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1523231
Case Status
Closed
FTC Approves Final Order In Craig Brittain ‘Revenge Porn’ Case
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After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving the Commission’s complaint against Craig Brittain, alleging he used deception to acquire and post...
FTC and State Law Enforcement Partners Announce More Actions and Results in Continuing Crackdown Against Abusive Debt Collectors
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In four separate actions, the Federal Trade Commission is announcing that it has stopped illegal debt collection tactics of several debt collection operations. In addition, other federal and state law...
FTC Stops Alleged Deceptive Office Supply Scam That Targeted Charitable Organizations and Small Businesses
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an operation that the FTC alleges bilked millions of dollars from nonprofit organizations and...
Credit Card Laundering Scheme Participants Settle FTC Charges
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Participants in an alleged credit card “laundering” scheme have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally helped provide access to payment networks, thereby enabling...
LifeLock to Pay $100 Million to Consumers to Settle FTC Charges it Violated 2010 Order
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FTC alleged company violated order’s information security requirements, misled consumers with deceptive advertising
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of FTC v. LifeLock, Inc.
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By
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner
FTC Action: Scammers Banned from Mortgage Relief Business, Telemarketing
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Four mortgage modification scammers, Brian Pacios, Chad Caldaronello, Justin Moreira and Derek Nelson will be banned from selling debt relief products and services under settlements resolving Federal...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Conned into Paying for Business Directory Listings
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 774 checks totaling more than $444,000 to consumers who lost money to a business directory scam. In 2013, the FTC charged the Online Public Yellow Pages...
FTC Halts Bogus Envelope-Stuffing Scam
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted a nationwide work-at-home scam that took more than $7 million from tens of thousands of consumers. The defendants allegedly lured...
Ohio Auto Dealers Settle FTC Charges That They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Disclose Key Lease Terms
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Two Ohio auto dealers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers with advertisements that touted low monthly car lease payments but failed to disclose key...
FTC Action: Medical ‘Discount’ Card Scammers Banned from Selling Healthcare-Related Products
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A mother-son marketing team who allegedly tricked Spanish-speaking and other consumers into buying phony medical discount cards will be banned from selling any healthcare-related products under a...
FTC, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Sue Tech Support Scammers That Took More Than $17 Million From Consumers
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A federal court has granted a request by the Federal Trade Commission to shut down a tech support scam that allegedly bilked consumers out of more than $17 million by pretending to represent Microsoft...
FTC and Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Partners Announce Nationwide Crackdown Against Abusive Debt Collectors
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The Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement authorities around the country announced the first coordinated federal-state enforcement initiative targeting deceptive and abusive debt...
FTC Action Bans Scammers from Advance Fee Recovery Business
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The operators of an advance fee recovery scheme that falsely claimed it could recover money for consumers that they had lost to telemarketing scams will be banned from selling recovery services, and...
FTC Testifies on Efforts to Stop Fraud Affecting Older Americans Before House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade
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The Federal Trade Commission highlighted to Congress its multi-faceted approach to protecting older Americans from fraud in testimony today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s...
FTC Testifies on Efforts to Stop Illegal Tech Support Scams Before Senate Special Committee on Aging
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In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission described its work to fight tech support scammers who trick people into believing their computer has problems, and then charge them...
FTC Approves Final Consent Order Against Las Vegas Auto Dealers For Misleading Consumers About Cost of Cars
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final consent orders against two Las Vegas auto dealers that misrepresented the cost of cars in advertising. In June 2015...
Operators of Alleged Tech Support Scam Settle FTC Charges, Will Surrender Money and Property
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The operators of an alleged tech support scam agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into paying millions of dollars for technical support services they did not...
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