Mobile Crammers Settle FTC Charges of Unauthorized Billing
Wise Media and Its CEO to Be Banned From Using Mobile Phone Bills to Charge Consumers The operators of an Atlanta-based company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they...
View ArticleCar Buying Scammers Ordered To Reimburse Victims $5 Million
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has ordered a Canadian telemarketer and four companies he owns to pay more than $5.1 million to American and Canadian consumers who were duped...
View ArticleAndroid Flashlight App Developer Settles FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers
‘Brightest Flashlight’ App Shared Users’ Location, Device ID Without Consumers’ Knowledge The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade...
View ArticleFeds Crack Down On Two Financial Services Schemes
The defendants in two separate alleged scams have settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission and will be banned from providing mortgage- and debt-relief services. The cases are part of the...
View ArticleFeds Move Against Massive Mobile Phone Cramming Operation
Defendants Pitched ‘Love Tips,’ ‘Fun Facts,’ and Free Justin Bieber Tickets The Federal Trade Commission is taking action to stop a mobile phone cramming operation that has placed tens of millions of...
View ArticleFTC Tells Consumers to Hang Up on Tech Support Refund Scams
The Federal Trade Commission warns consumers that if they get a call promising a refund for tech support services, it is just a new twist on an old scam. Tech support scams try to gain consumer’s trust...
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Fraurulent Medical Alert Device Marketing Halted After Legal Action
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General, a U.S. district court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an Orlando-based operation that...
View ArticleApple To Refund Customers For Kids’ In-App Purchases Without Parental Consent
Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5 million, to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company billed consumers for millions of dollars...
View ArticlegDiapers Settles With Feds Over Claims Of Deceptive Environmental Claims
Down to Earth Designs, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That Its Environmental Claims for Diapers and Related Products Were Deceptive Order Requires Company to Substantiate a Range of “Green” Claims for its...
View ArticleFTC Charges Email Spammer with Tricking Consumers With Phony Information...
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a website operator that allegedly tricked consumers – in advance of the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – with spam emails that falsely...
View ArticleFeds Crack Down On Phony “Free” Gift Card Websites That Resold Personal...
Twelve defendants that allegedly operated websites enticing consumers with bogus offers of “free $1,000 gift cards” for major retailers have agreed to pay $2.5 million in settlements with the Federal...
View ArticleFederal Settlement with GMR Transcription Marks the 50th Data Security Case...
A company that provides medical transcription services has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its inadequate data security measures unfairly exposed the personal information of...
View ArticleFTC Halts Multi-Million Dollar Work-From-Home Business Coaching Scheme
Consumers Lost Thousands of Dollars Each After Being Told They Could Earn Income Through Online Businesses At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court entered a temporary restraining...
View ArticleIdentity Theft Is Top Consumer Complaint
Identity theft continues to top the Federal Trade Commission’s national ranking of consumer complaints, and American consumers reported losing over $1.6 billion to fraud overall in 2013, according to...
View ArticleFeds Sending Rebates To Consumers Scammed By Security Credit Services
Defendants Allegedly Misled Consumers into Paying Unnecessary Fees and Falsely Threatened Them with Lawsuits An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing 3,852 checks averaging...
View ArticleADT Settles FTC Charges For Misleading Advertising
Home Security Company ADT Settles FTC Charges that Endorsements Deceived Consumers Company’s Paid Spokespersons Failed to Disclose Their Connection to ADT. As part of its ongoing crackdown on...
View ArticleMassachsetts Home Security Company Settles Allegations Of Illegal Robo Calls
FTC Reaches Settlement With Home Security Company that Called Millions of Consumers on the National Do Not Call Registry The Federal Trade Commission, with the assistance of the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleFeds Permitted To Sue Deceptive Payday Loan Business Regardless of American...
Defendants behind AMG Services Had Argued That Tribal Affiliation Exempts Them from Federal Law U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro handed the Federal Trade Commission a significant victory in its...
View ArticleFeds Obtain $2.2 Million Judgement Against Supplement Marketer That Made...
A federal court has found that marketers of bogus remedies for treating and preventing diabetes violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, and has ordered them to pay nearly $2.2 million. The FTC will use the...
View ArticleFandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges That They Deceived Consumers
Mobile Apps Placed Credit Card Details, Credit Report Data, Social Security Numbers at Risk Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the security...
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