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Defendants Will Pay $22 Million for Consumer Refunds
The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an online scheme that allegedly lured consumers with “free” access to their credit scores and then billed them a recurring fee of $29

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More than 15 million people receive Social Security disability income every year

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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that a company providing a “Made in USA” certification seal to marketers did so without verifying the companies’ Made in USA claims, or disclosing that the companies had certified themselves

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For some veterans, their time in uniform caused a severe service-connected disability

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Company Failed to Conduct Annual Recertifications, Facilitated Misrepresentation as Non-Profit
TRUSTe, Inc

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Company Failed to Conduct Annual Recertifications, Facilitated Misrepresentation as Non-Profit
TRUSTe, Inc

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Today, we held a field hearing on prepaid accounts in Wilmington, Delaware

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Last March, we asked you to comment on possible prepaid card disclosures

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A settlement obtained by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General permanently shuts down an Orlando-based operation that bilked seniors by using pre-recorded robocalls to sell them supposedly free medical alert systems

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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered two debt sellers that posted the sensitive personal information of more than 70,000 consumers online to notify the consumers and explain how they can protect themselves against identity theft and other fraud in light of the disclosures

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