The Federal Trade Commission is taking action under the FTC Act and the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018 (OARFPA) against the makers of Sobrenix, which was marketed to reduce and even eliminate alcohol cravings and consumption
The Federal Trade Commission and more than 100 federal and state law enforcement partners nationwide, including the attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing calls involving more than 180 actions targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U
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The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with 101 federal and state law enforcers, will announce “Operation Stop Scam Calls,” a joint-agency crackdown on telemarketers, lead generators, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers responsible for making or facilitating billions of illegal telemarketing calls
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order requiring online counseling service BetterHelp to pay $7
The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with bankrupt cryptocurrency platform Celsius Network that will permanently ban it from handling consumers’ assets and charged three former executives with tricking consumers into transferring cryptocurrency onto the platform by falsely promising that deposits would be safe and always available
The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the House Judiciary Committee on the agency’s work to ensure open, competitive, and fair markets and to protect consumers from fraud, scams and other deceptive practices
Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new blog post warning consumers about scammers who are impersonating FTC staff members
A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against the operators of a telemarketing scam that called hundreds of thousands of consumers nationwide pitching “extended automobile warranties” will result in a lifetime ban from any outbound telemarketing business and from any involvement with extended automobile warranty sales
The Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General are sending refunds totaling more than $540,000 to consumers nationwide who were defrauded by Life Management Services of Orange County, LLC, and related companies who tricked them into paying for worthless credit card interest rate reduction and debt elimination programs
