The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $15
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Greystar, the nation’s largest multi-family rental property manager, has agreed to pay $23 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to the State of Colorado and stop its deceptive advertising practices to resolve charges that the company misled consumers about monthly rent costs by tacking on hidden fees on top of advertised prices
Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued its annual report to Congress on protecting older adults, which shows a big increase in the number of older adults reporting losses of over $100,000 to scams
The Federal Trade Commission will require education technology provider Illuminate Education, Inc
Seek Capital and its CEO have been permanently banned from providing business financing, debt relief and credit repair services to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the firm deceived entrepreneurs and small business owners seeking business funding
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted alleged tax debt relief scammers from falsely impersonating government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, deceptively promising tax debt relief, sending threats to consumers about their debts and pocketing tens of millions of consumers’ dollars
Citizens Disability, LLC and its subsidiary will pay a $1 million penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made tens of millions of illegal calls to consumers, including to numbers on the Do Not Call (DNC) registry, and that they misrepresented that they were calling consumers in response to inquiries about their eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the operator of the Sendit anonymous messaging app for unlawfully collecting personal data from children, misleading users by sending messages from fake “people,” and tricking consumers into purchasing paid subscriptions by falsely promising to reveal the senders of anonymous messages
Business credit report service provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has agreed to a $5
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the operator of the Sendit anonymous messaging app for unlawfully collecting personal data from children, misleading users by sending messages from fake “people,” and tricking consumers into purchasing paid subscriptions by falsely promising to reveal the senders of anonymous messages
