Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Mortgage Master, Inc. and Washington Federal to pay civil penalties for violating the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), which requires certain mortgage lenders to accurately collect and…
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…
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…
U.S., Canadian Consumers Lost More Than $6 Million At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted an elusive business opportunity scheme that allegedly conned more than $6 million from American and Canadian…
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…
By: Lisa Chedekel Connecticut consumers who buy insurance on the new exchange will pay some of the highest premiums in the nation, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted a massive sweepstakes scam that has taken more than $11 million from consumers throughout the United States and dozens of other countries…
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…
Most investors don’t think there is much difference between 401 (k) and individual retirement (IRA) accounts. But before you rollover your 401 (k) account into an IRA account you need to know that there are…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Chase Bank USA, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to refund an estimated $309 million to more than 2.1 million customers for illegal credit card practices. This enforcement…
An affiliate marketing company and its two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for allegedly sending out more than 42.5 million unwanted and deceptive text messages to consumers. The case is part…
The defendants behind an alleged credit card interest rate reduction scam are banned from selling debt relief services and from telemarketing any goods or services. A federal court judge in Florida approved and signed a…
By: Lisa Chedekel Medicare patients had more than 600,000 hospital stays in 2012 that lasted three nights or more but did not qualify them for follow-up nursing home care, according to a new report by…
Been hooked on Heinz ketchup? Well you might like store-brand ketchup just as much and you will save about one third on the price. That is the result of a Consumer Reports taste test of…
About 370,000 Ford Motor company cars are being recalled due to the possibility of loss of steering. The cars include model year 2005 to 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car…
Telemarketers behind an allegedly fraudulent investment scheme used to con nearly $5 million from elderly consumers have been banned from selling precious metals under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC…
By: Kate Farrish A West Hartford nursing home has been fined $1,160 in connection with a March incident in which one resident had a violent outburst after being accused of sexual assaulting another resident. The…
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…
“Close the Back Door” by A.C. THOMPSON, ProPublica and JONATHAN JONES, special to ProPublica in collaboration with Inside Room 101 at Emerald Hills, a covert campaign was under way in the fall of 2008. Potentially…
“A Sinking Ship” by A.C. THOMPSON, ProPublica and JONATHAN JONES, special to ProPublica On Sept. 30, 2008, an employee at the Emerald Hills assisted living facility in Auburn, Calif., made an entry in a company…