Dentists Don’t Guarantee Their Work
From former New London resident Mona V. Markusen I just left the dentist’s office $1500 poorer because of a bridge that was put in less than 4 years ago and cost me $3000 back then!…
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Fandango, 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 of their mobile apps and failed…
Feds Recovers $1 Million For Veterans Scammed By Financial Firms
Complaint Snapshot Report Shows Military Consumers Not Seeing Protections They Earned The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) \says that servicemembers, veterans, and their families who complained to the Bureau about financial products or services have…
Feds 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 $91.14 each to consumers who were deceived into…
Sirius Consumer Complaints Keep Streaming In As Attorneys General Investigate
For about four years state attorneys general in Connecticut and other states have been investigating consumer complaints against Sirius satellite radio service. There is no indication when the investigation will be completed. But for Sirius…
Feds Call On Credit Card Companies To Make Credit Scores Available Free To All Consumers
Bureau Report Finds Accuracy Issues Top Credit Report Complaints; Warns on Avoiding Investigations Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) called on the nation’s top credit card companies to make credit scores and related content…
Department of Consumer Protection Revokes Home Improvement Registration of Lysco Contracting, Inc.
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has revoked the home improvement contractor registration of Lysco Contracting, Inc, of 70 East Jefryn Boulevard, Deer Park, NY for violations of the Home Improvement Act, the Unfair Trade…
Feds Begin Accepting Complaints About Payday Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now accepting complaints from borrowers encountering problems with payday loans. Payday loans, also known as “cash advances” or “check loans,” are often short-term, small-dollar loans, generally for $500…
Newington Couple Learns The Downside Of Travel Club
Marilyn Lennehan and her husband Jim were enjoying their La Cabana timeshare six years ago in Aruba when they heard a presentation from a BlueGreen Vacation Club representative. His spiel of how they could be…
Be Wary of Threatening “Collection Calls” from “Connecticut Utilities”
Connecticut Utility Companies Join State Officials in Warning Residents About Scammers Demanding Payment Scammers posing as representatives of utility companies such as United Illuminating, Connecticut Natural Gas and Connecticut Light and Power have been targeting…
Feds Take Action Against Meracord For Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Payment Processor to Pay $1.376 Million for Aiding Illegal Practices by Debt-Settlement Companies The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced an enforcement action against Meracord LLC, a leading debt-settlement payment processor, for allegedly helping…
FTC Brings First Case Alleging Text Messages Were Used In Illegal Debt Collection Scheme
Defendants Will Pay $1 Million to Settle Charges A Glendale, California-based debt collector will pay $1 million dollars to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the defendants violated federal law. This is the first FTC…
Judge Dismisses Hospital ‘Observation Care’ Lawsuit
By: Susan Jaffe A lawsuit filed by fourteen seniors, including seven from Connecticut, seeking Medicare nursing home coverage was dismissed today by a federal court judge in Hartford. The seniors were among more than a…
Medicare To Punish 24 Connecticut Hospitals For High Readmissions
By: Lisa Chedekel Twenty-four of Connecticut’s 31 hospitals will face Medicare penalties in the fiscal year starting in October, in the second round of the federal government’s push to reduce the number of patients readmitted…
JC Penney Jacks Up Prices Before Giving Discounts
At J.C. Penney stores around the country workers have been busy for months boosting the prices of all their merchandise by as much as 100 percent. Why? So they can then give their shoppers discounts…
It’s Time To Cap Alcohol Marketing To Minors
By: Susan Campbell | August 6, 2013 When it comes to alcohol advertisements, we could use an agreement similar to the one we have with Big Tobacco. But let’s put some punch behind it. Children…
Jury Awards $18.6 Million Against Equifax For Failing To Fix Oregon Woman’s Credit Report
A federal jury has awarded a Oregon woman $18.6 million after she spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax to correct false information on her credit report which damaged her ability to obtain loans….
Manhattan Club Timeshare: Nice Place, If You Can Use it
Buying a timeshare in the middle of Manhattan seemed like a wonderful idea four years ago. For only $12,500 John and Monika Dreslin of Stonington were promised seven nights every three years at the luxurious…
Skechers Sending Checks To Half Million Consumers
As part of a $40 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission Skechers is sending more than a half million checks to consumers who purchased Shape-ups shoes. “The FTC had charged the company with using…
Mortgage Broker Targeting Military Will Pay Record $7.5 Million To Settle Telemarketing Violations
Commission Announces Case on 10th Anniversary of National Do Not Call Registry 10 Years of Do Not Call graphic – click the image to view full-size. Mortgage Investors Corporation, one of the nation’s leading refinancers…