Written By: Kate Farrish A Stamford ophthalmologist was fined $4,500 Tuesday by the state Medical Examining Board for performing a laser treatment on the wrong eye of a glaucoma patient. Dr. Gregory Gallousis performed the…
By: Colleen Shaddox Debbie Hardy, a home health care aide, is the reason that Frank Geraldino, 48, a paraplegic, is able to live in his Seymour apartment – rather than in a nursing facility. Hardy,…
Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein is encouraging consumers to take precautions well in advance of the snowstorm that is forecast for Connecticut tomorrow into Saturday. “In addition to all the necessary…
FTC Settlement: Tax Relief Scammers Agree to Pay More Than $15 Million American Tax Relief Scheme Bilked Consumers With False Promises They Qualified for IRS Programs to Reduce Tax Debts Under an agreement with the…
Settlement with FTC Bans Sellers of Alleged Fraudulent Auto Loan Modifications from Marketing Debt Relief Services “Auto Debt Consulting” Operation Permanently Halted In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two California-based companies and their…
National Collector’s Mint Inc., which sold 9/11-related coins and collectibles, including an “exclusively authorized” commemorative honoring the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission…
More than a half-million pajama sets and sleepers are being voluntarily recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota today for violating the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing…
Written By: Kate Farrish A Woodbridge pulmonologist who lost his medical license for inappropriate sexual contact during the medical exams of two women has been granted the right to a hearing on whether his license…
Banking regulators admitted the Independent Foreclosure Review was a big expensive mess and shut it down. But many details about the $8.5 billion settlement that replaces it remain murky. (David McNew/Getty Images) Written by Paul…
Thousands of foreclosure victims from 2009 and 2010 will receive anywhere from a few hundred dollars up to $125,000 in compensation as the result of large banks settling charges of foreclosure abuses, including filing false…
FTC Strengthens Kids’ Privacy, Gives Parents Greater Control Over Their Information By Amending Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Rule Being Modified to Keep Up with Changing Technology The Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to…
By: Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday fined an East Lyme doctor $2,000 for lapses in care during cosmetic surgery and revoked the medical license of a Massachusetts psychiatrist who officials said…
FTC Settlement Puts an End to “History Sniffing” by Online Advertising Network Charged With Deceptively Gathering Data on Consumers Network Tracked Interest in Sensitive Medical and Financial Issues, Agency Says An online advertising company agreed…
Written by Colleen Shaddox Connecticut is using a shrinking pool of federal funding for HIV/AIDS prevention to focus on getting more people into treatment, particularly men whose sexual activity puts them at risk. New HIV/AIDS…
Hurricane Sandy damaged or destroyed about 230,000 vehicles, mostly in New York and New Jersey, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and it’s possible that at least some of these vehicles will end up…
The Federal Trade Commission has warned 22 hotel operators that their online reservation sites may violate the law by providing a deceptively low estimate of what consumers can expect to pay for their hotel rooms….
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi says the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $2.3 million for policyholders and state taxpayers in the 3rd quarter of 2012. The Department’s Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU) fielded more than…
Written by: Theresa Sullivan Barger The state Medical Examining Board Tuesday accepted a Southbury doctor’s voluntary surrender of his medical license, fined a New Milford Hospital anesthesiologist $5,000 and reprimanded and fined a New London…
A Transportation Security Administration officer looks at a simulated image from a backscatter machine at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., in June 2010. The TSA removed the X-ray body scanners from major airports, planning to…
Written by Lisa Chedekel The state will receive $1.6 million as part of a $90 million multi-state settlement with the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to resolve allegations that the company unlawfully promoted its diabetes drug, Avandia….