deceptive trade practices

SCAM COST HER A '67 CHEVY CAMARO

Lucas A. Ferrara
October 18, 2011 15:00

Bogus Government Grant Promoters Agree to Permanent Ban to Resolve FTC Charges Marketers Also Pitched Sham Products, Including Useless Credit Cards, Fake Work-at-Home Opportunities, and Worthless Dietary Supplements, According to FTC Complaint The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an operation...

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BIG (ILLEGAL) PAYDAY

Lucas A. Ferrara
September 13, 2011 16:00

FTC Action Halts Allegedly Illegal Tactics of Payday Lending Operation That Attempted to Garnish Consumers' Paychecks   After the Federal Trade Commission filed an action in U.S. district court, a payday lender that allegedly attempted to illegally garnish consumers' wages has agreed to stop...

CRAMMING GOT HIM OVER 21 YEARS

Lucas A. Ferrara
September 06, 2011 20:00

Florida Man Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Prison for Operating Cramming Scheme While Incarcerated   Bilked Telephone Customers for Approximately $35 Million   Willoughby Farr, 46, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has been sentenced to 262 months in prison and three years of supervised release...

WILL THEY CLAM UP ABOUT THE OYSTERS?

Lucas A. Ferrara
August 17, 2011 18:00

Three Fishermen, Seafood Wholesaler and Associated Employees Indicted for Obstruction of Justice and the Illegal Harvest and Sale of New Jersey Oysters   A 15-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Camden, N.J., was unsealed yesterday following the arrest of six individuals...

FTC SHOULD HAVE BROKEN THEIR THUMBS

Lucas A. Ferrara
August 16, 2011 15:00

Mobile Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It Violated Children's Privacy Rule Company Collected Kids' Information Without Their Parents' Consent A developer of mobile applications, including children's games for the iPhone and iPod touch, will pay $50,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...