FTC and Justice Dept. Launch ‘Operation Call It Quits’ Against Robocallers American Thinker The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have launched ‘Operation Call It Quits’ in what regulators promise will be a concerted crackdown … Source link
A federal judge has ordered the two main perpetrators of what the Federal Trade Commission calls the “massive Pointbreak Media robocall scheme,” part of which involved remotely created checks, to pay $3.37 million to the FTC, the agency announced this week. U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in Miami approved six settlement agreements involving
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In an investigation over privacy and data breaches, Facebook is looking to provide more assurance to regulatory bodies. Source link
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with an Amazon seller that bought fake reviews of its product, a weight-loss supplement. The company, Cure Encapsulations, reportedly purchased the fraudulent reviews from AmazonVerifiedReviews.com. A bad actor returns. That same entity, AmazonVerifiedReviews.com, was sued by Amazon itself in 2016, along with several other fake review vendors. According
The FTC today announced that a group of people who had run a get-rich-quick-on-Amazon scheme have agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitution. The people, operating under different names in Nevada and Massachusetts got people to pay from $995 to as much as $35,000 for “secrets” that were supposed to let them make
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Illinois district court has ordered nine Canadian and U.S. defendants accused of scamming small businesses with Internet-related services to pay more than $4.6 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s charges that the defendants, which include two individuals and seven corporate defendants, scammed small businesses by contacting the
Washington, DC – At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court in Illinois has handed down a final judgment and order requiring nine related Canadian and U.S. defendants to pay more than $4.6 million for tricking small businesses into paying for Internet directory listings, search engine optimization services, or website design and hosting
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a resource to raise awareness about the vital role cybersecurity plays for the 32+ million small businesses in the US. This effort was part of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) in October, which has been recognized every month since 2003. The NCSAM was established with the
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Earlier today Senator Orrin Hatch called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open a new antitrust investigation of Google in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons. Hatch is the latest legislator to do so. Combined with other events, Hatch’s request suggests that sentiments in legislative and regulatory circles may be turning against Google
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