One man may have been responsible for hundreds of billions of Viagra and other spam emails, according to Russian authorities who recently announced a crackdown. With the recent identification and seizure of computer equipment from alleged spam kingpin Igor A. Gusev, the amount of spam has decreased by an estimated 20 percent. Russian police...
After insisting for weeks that there was nothing wrong with its foreclosures, Wells Fargo & Co. said it will refile paperwork in 55,000 foreclosure cases after discovering flaws in documents. Wells Fargo now joins Bank of America, GMAC, and Chase with having admitted it failed to properly deal with foreclosures. While claiming that the...
The CARD Act requires credit card companies to disclose the details on how much they pay to colleges for the rights to market their cards to students and alumni. The Federal Reserve’s first Report on College Credit Card Agreements was released Monday, showing that credit card issuers paid over $83 million to colleges and...
New and expectant parents and their families will benefit from a just-released crib safety video being made available on the Department of Consumer Protection’s website among others across the country, and at many hospitals nationwide as part of a collaborative safety education effort, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell said today. The video is part...