Court Bars Brooklyn Company from Using Threats and Intimidation to Coerce Elderly Consumers into Paying for Unwanted Medical Alert Devices
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Court orders defendants to pay $3.4 million in “unjust gains”
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FTC Stops Deceptive Office Supply Scam That Targeted Small Businesses and Nonprofits
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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 bilked nonprofits, businesses, and municipalities out of millions of...
FTC Action Halts Brooklyn Company from Using Deception, Threats, and Intimidation to Trick Elderly Consumers Into Paying for Unordered Medical Alert Devices
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has temporarily shut down a Brooklyn, New York-based operation that the allegedly used deception, threats, and intimidation to induce...
Marketer of 9/11 Commemoratives to Settle FTC Charges
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National Collector’s Mint Inc., which sold 9/11-related coins and collectibles, including an “exclusively authorized” commemorative honoring the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, has...
FTC Settles Charges with Telemarketers Who Duped Elderly Consumers
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into...
"Free Software CD" Internet Operation Settles FTC Charges
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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...
FTC Halts Deceptive Free Software CD Internet Scam
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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...
Children's Book Publisher to Pay $710,000 to Settle Charges it Violated Commission's Negative Option and Telemarketing Sales Rule
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New York-based Scholastic Inc. (Scholastic) and two of its subsidiaries, Scholastic-at-Home (SAH) and Grolier Incorporated (Grolier), have agreed to settle allegations that they violated laws enforced...
Sellers of Girls Gone Wild Videos to Pay $1.1 Million To Settle Charges of Unauthorized Shipping and Billing
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Under the terms of a stipulated court order announced today, the sellers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ DVDs and videos will pay nearly $1.1 million as combined consumer redress and a civil penalty and will be...
Court Order Closes the Book on Canadian Registry Scheme
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A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...
Sellers of Girls Gone Wild Videos Charged with Deceptive Practices
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed a complaint against California-based Mantra Films, Inc. (Mantra), and its sole officer and director...
Alabama Publishing Company to Pay $500,000 For Allegedly Violating Commission's Negative Option Rule
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...
California Software Marketer to Pay $90,000 For Not Disclosing Terms of its Continuity Software Club
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with Micro Star Software, Inc., a Carlsbad, California, software marketing company, and its president, Stephen Benedict...
California Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Pacific Office Systems, Inc., based in Canoga Park, California, and its owner, Suzette Oppenheim, have agreed to settle federal charges that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection...
"How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...
Georgia Telemarketer Banned From Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Corporate Supplies, Inc., based in Cummings, Georgia, and its principals, Larry Sarchenko and Robert Henkel, have agreed to pay $20,000 in consumer redress as part of a settlement with the Federal...
Two Illinois Office Supply Telemarketers Settle FTC Charges:
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Two Illinois-based companies named in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office...
Tennessee Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies As Part of FTC Settlement
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Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...
"Operation Misprint" Defendants Banned From Telemarketing and Selling of Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement
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Defendants in two separate cases filed in federal district court as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. In both cases, the FTC alleged that the...
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