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Company also agrees to implement anti-fraud program and enhanced compliance obligations in agreements with federal authorities
The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and the U

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Agency also alleges Uber misled drivers about its vehicle financing program
Uber Technologies, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning claims and claims about financing through its Vehicle Solutions Program

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The Federal Trade Commission has charged Credit Bureau Center LLC and three individuals with luring consumers with fake rental property ads and deceptive promises of “free” credit reports into signing up for a costly credit monitoring service

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The Federal Trade Commission will host its third FinTech Forum on March 9, 2017, focusing on the consumer implications of two rapidly developing technologies: artificial intelligence and blockchain

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Web of defendants blasted billions of robocalls, including more than 70 million to numbers on National Do Not Call Registry
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a crackdown on two massive robocall telemarketing operations, both of which have been blasting robocalls to consumers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry since at least 2012

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The Federal Trade Commission has adjusted the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for violations of 16 provisions of law the FTC enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015

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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez issued the following statement today after the adoption of a Swiss-U

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Falsely claimed ‘mass joinder’ lawsuits would void mortgage or get consumers $75,000 cash
Damian Kutzner, one of the operators of a mortgage relief scheme that bilked millions of dollars from financially distressed homeowners, has agreed to a court order banning him from the debt relief business

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Business Blog provides lessons from the FTC’s Herbalife and Vemma cases
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to nearly 350,000 people who lost money running Herbalife businesses

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Widely advertised supplement touted to improve memory in 90 days
The Federal Trade Commission and New York State Attorney General have charged the marketers of the dietary supplement Prevagen with making false and unsubstantiated claims that the product improves memory, provides cognitive benefits, and is “clinically shown” to work

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