A national subprime auto lender will pay more than $5.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company used illegal tactics to service and collect consumers’ loans, including collecting money consumers did not…
Company Settles FTC Charges that Head Lice Prevention Claims Were Deceptive Personal Care Company Lornamead, Inc. to Pay $500,000 The Federal Trade Commission has charged personal care company Lornamead, Inc. with deceiving consumers with exaggerated…
The Federal Trade Commission has sued a Florida-based operation that capitalized on the green coffee diet fad by using bogus weight loss claims and fake news websites to market the dietary supplement Pure Green Coffee….
FTC Puts Texas-based Operation Permanently Out of the Debt Collection Business After It Allegedly Used Deception, Insults, and False Threats against Consumers Operation also Charged Unauthorized Fees; Owner Will Surrender His Assets The owner of…
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final consent orders settling charges that two marketers of genetically customized nutritional supplements deceptively advertised that their personalized nutritional supplements treat diabetes, heart disease,…
Snapchat Also Transmitted Users’ Location and Collected Their Address Books Without Notice Or Consent Snapchat, the developer of a popular mobile messaging app, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers…
The Federal Trade Commission charged the operators of the website “Jerk.com” with harvesting personal information from Facebook to create profiles labeling people a “Jerk” or “not a Jerk,” then falsely claiming that consumers could revise…
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 of their mobile apps and failed…
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…
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 crackdown on deceptive payday lenders,…
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 misleading endorsements in advertising, the Federal Trade…
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 $91.14 each to consumers who were deceived into…
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 the FTC’s annual report on consumer…
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 order halting a deceptive work-from-home scheme…
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 thousands of consumers on the open Internet, in…
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 Trade Commission. In an amended…
Scam artists are forever trying to trick people into clicking on links that will download malware to their computers. But the latest scam takes the trick to a new low. Scammers are sending bogus emails…
An affiliate marketer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he was responsible for sending millions of unwanted text messages to consumers that deceptively promised “free” gift cards and electronics. The marketer, Jason…
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 claimed that…
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 gDiapers Products Portland, Oregon-based…