Category: FTC
LifeLock Settles Advertising Dispute With FTC, 35 States
Some of LifeLock’s advertising claims were “unlawfully exaggerated” according to a legal settlement in which the company agrees to pay $11 million in restitution. Hey, if you can’t trust your ID theft protection company to be straight with you, who can you trust?
Debt Collector’s Call To Neighbor May Be Illegal
As the number of our friends and neighbors who are out of work increases, along with the length of time they are out of work, the odds of getting the kind of telephone call that Maegan Kozlak of Somers, Ct., received recently will undoubtedly increase.
Kozlak told me that she received a call from IFP – [...]
BlueHippo Rips Off Poor Customers, Files For Bankruptcy Protection
BlueHippo, the Maryland-based company that has ripped off thousands of consumers by promising them computers in return for monthly upfront payments, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
According to Baltimore Sun reporter Eileen Ambrose, BlueHippo filed for bankruptcy protection after being accused of violating its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which triggered its banker to freeze its [...]
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