FTC Seeks to Stop Bogus Auto Loan Modifications
The Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints and is asking a federal judge to stop alleged deceptive practices by two California-based auto-loan modification businesses that promise to rescue consumers from ...
FTC Sues ‘Tribal’ Payday Lender for Inflated Fees, Threats
The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal judge in Nevada to stop a payday lending operation that allegedly piled on undisclosed and inflated fees, and collected on loans illegally by threatening borrowers ...
FTC: Deceptive Robo-calling Draws Record $30M Penalty
A federal judge has ordered operators behind a robo-calling scheme to pay a total of $30 million in civil penalties and give up more than $1.1 million in ill-gotten gains for violations of telemarketing-related ...
U.S. Data Theft Involved 1.5M Credit, Debit Cards
As many as 1.5 million credit card and debit card numbers – from Visa, MasterCard and other brands – may have been stolen from the Atlanta-based, third-party payments processor Global Payments, the company said ...
Visa, MasterCard Alert Banks to ‘Massive’ Card Data Theft
Visa, MasterCard and Discover have alerted banks about a potentially large-scale security breach at an Atlanta-based credit card processor.
The theft of credit card data involves possibly the accounts of tens of ...
FTC Urges Consumer Access to Info from ‘Data Brokers’
The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. agency that enforces consumer privacy, told a House subcommittee that legislation is needed to give Americans access to information about them held by “data brokers.”
Data ...
FTC Shuts Robo-calling Operation, Seeks $3M in Assets
The Federal Trade Commission said it shut down a Los Angeles-based robo-calling operation to settle charges that it “bombarded” U.S. consumers with more than two billion calls.
Among the various products pitched ...
Foreclosure Relief Scam Touted ‘Mass Joinder’ Lawsuit
A federal judge has halted a $1 million operation that allegedly sold homeowners bogus mortgage relief and foreclosure rescue products, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which sought the shutdown.
The scam ...
FTC Shuts More ‘Fake News Sites’ for Acai Berry Products
Two more online marketers have agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that permanently halt their allegedly deceptive “fake news websites” to promote acai berry supplements and so-called colon ...
IRS Seeing ‘Significant’ Surge in I.D. Theft, Refund Fraud
The Internal Revenue Services prevented the issuance of more than $14 billion in fraudulent returns last year, and the problem is intensifying as identity theft schemes are becoming more challenging to detect.
But ...
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