After initially refusing government requests that it recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps, Chrysler backed down today and announced a massive recall. The recall include Cherokee and Liberty models that can catch on fire if…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to invalidate a Utah company’s long-held patents on genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer is expected to result in the test being more accessible to women, at a…
Selling or donating your timeshare, or hoping to land a great deal on a vacation getaway? You might be particularly vulnerable to certain scams, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein and Attorney…
Chrysler is recalling 630,300 newer-model Jeep SUVs for defects. “Some 409,200 Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot SUVs from model years 2010 to 2012 will be recalled because a software glitch may delay deployment of side…
As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing crackdown on payment processors that turn a blind eye to fraud, the agency sued a payment processing business that allegedly assisted and facilitated a telemarketing credit card…
Chrysler Group, in a rare challenge, is refusing a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration request to recall 2.7 million Grand Cherokees and Jeep Libertys. NHTSA claims that the gas tank design used in 1993 to…
Written by Joe Sexton The New York Criminal Court (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) It wasn’t much of a case: Queens prosecutors wanted to prosecute a woman for having falsely reported her car stolen in a bid…
A company that allegedly misrepresented the minutes provided by its pre-paid calling cards will be barred from making such deceptive claims under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC’s complaint, filed…
Written by Rob Garver and Charles Seife, Special to ProPublica Retired FDA investigator Patrick Stone (Katie Hayes Luke for ProPublica) On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration…
After allegedly misleading consumers into paying unnecessary fees and falsely threatening consumers with lawsuits, defendants in a debt collection operation have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. The FTC alleged in its complaint that…
Three clothing retailers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers by marketing that products contained “faux fur,” when in fact, the products contained real fur. In administrative complaints, the FTC…
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has temporarily shut down a Brooklyn, New York-based operation that the allegedly used deception, threats, and intimidation to induce elderly consumers to pay for medical…
Written By: Tamara Lytle The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suppressed information that shows links between health problems of veterans and the dangers they were exposed to in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf War, according…
Defendants Were Responsible for More than 180 Million Spam Text Messages The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on affiliate marketers that allegedly bombarded consumers with of millions of unwanted spam text messages in an…
Written By: Meg Heckman On most Thursdays, a small group of patients assembles at the VA hospital in West Haven because they share a common disease – hepatitis C – and a common treatment —…
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,…
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…