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Defendants in Debt Collection Scheme Aimed At Hispanics Agree to Settle FTC Charges
Posted on September 27th, 2010 No commentsTwo defendants have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for allegedly victimizing Spanish-speaking consumers nationwide by posing as debt collectors seeking money the consumers did not owe.
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Business Opportunity Marketers Settle with FTC; Tempted Consumers with Sweet-Sounding Claims for Candy Machine Venture
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 No commentsLifestyle Vending, Inc., and its owners, Michael Eisenberg and Maryann McCulloh, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers into paying thousands of dollars for a vending machine business venture without substantiating their claims about its earning potential.
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FTC Permanently Halts 'Pretexting' Scheme; Defendants Barred From Obtaining or Selling Consumers' Phone Records to Third Parties
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsThe Federal Trade Commission has put a permanent halt to an operation that allegedly obtained consumers' confidential phone records without their knowledge or consent and sold them to third parties.
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Victims of ChoicePoint Data Breach to Receive Redress Checks
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsAn administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 14,023 consumers who were victims of ChoicePoint’s failure to implement a comprehensive information security program to protect consumers’ personal information.
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Final Defendant Settles with FTC in Cross-Border Telemarketing Fraud Case
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsCharles P. Farrugia, a defendant in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against a fraudulent telemarketing scheme based in Canada, has agreed to settle FTC charges for his role in allegedly scamming American businesses into paying for business directories and listings they didn't order.
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FTC Testifies on Data Security Legislation
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsThe Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate Subcommittee that it supports proposed legislation that would require many companies to use reasonable data security policies and procedures and require those companies to notify consumers when there is a security breach.
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Defendants Agree to $26 Million Judgment to Settle FTC Charges for Deceiving Merchants in Debt/Credit Card Processing Scheme
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsThe marketers of a debit and credit card processing services operation have agreed to judgments of more than $26 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived small businesses throughout the country.
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Cleaning Supply Sellers Agree to Settle FTC Contempt Charges
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsDennis J. Saccurato and his businesses, Sparta Chem, Inc
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EHNAC launches accreditation program
Posted on September 15th, 2010 No commentsThe Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a nonprofit standards development organization and accrediting body, launched its Management Service Organization Accreditation Program (MSOAP) on Tuesday. Management Service Organizations (MSOs) offer centralized administrative and hosted technology services, such as electronic health records, to healthcare providers.
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Pre-Paid Legal Services says FTC may sue
Posted on November 20th, 2009 No commentsPre-Paid Legal Services Inc., a network of independent law firms, said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission may sue the company over allegedly misleading representations made by its identity theft prevention program.
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