FTC charges mortgage loan modification operation with deceiving financially distressed homeowners, halting the scheme and freezing the defendants’ assets
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FTC challenges Lending Club’s “No Hidden Fees” claims, despite Lending Club taking a hefty portion of the Loan Amount up front as an origination fee.
They’re at it again… tax scammers scheming new ways to steal personal information and money – and they’re targeting small businesses and individuals alike
Taking in in more than $100 million by marketing lots in what the defendants said would become a luxury development in Belize, the scheme was known by several names, including Sanctuary Belize, Sanctuary Bay, and The Reserve.
The scam targets all participants in real estate transactions, including buyers, sellers, agents, and lawyers. The victims of these scams are usually U.S. based and may be recruited as unwitting money mules.
Bullion company owner is on California’s death row in relation to a separate investigation and conviction in state court for contracting with hitmen who murdered his wife in 2008.
Operators of a scheme that sold “secrets for making money on Amazon” banned from marketing and selling business opportunities under a settlement with the FTC, and they will surrender millions of dollars for return to consumers.
Fat Giraffe Marketing, four related Utah-based corporations, Gregory W. Anderson, and Garrett P. Robins marketed money-making opportunities, claiming that people could rake in cash from the comfort of their homes simply by posting advertising links on websites.
The FTC has closed down student debt relief companies Mission Hills Federal and Federal Direct Group amidst claims of fraud and deception
Defendants are alleged to have fraudulently sold contracts of sale of silver in a nationwide scheme. $90 million Ponzi scheme, in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.
The FTC is mailing checks totaling nearly $1.1 million to 87,256 consumers who paid for work-at-home opportunities based on the allegedly deceptive advertising practices of Bob Robinson, LLC and other related defendants.
Co-conspirators identified distressed homeowners who were in default on mortgages or were experiencing financial troubles, even though some had large amounts of equity in their properties.
Victims invested billions of dollars worldwide in the fraudulent cryptocurrency. Following his arrest, IGNATOV appeared in Magistrate Court in the Central District of California, and was detained on the charge contained in the Complaint.
The CFTC Order requires Gold Coast Bullion to pay restitution totaling $5,940,124.16 and a civil monetary penalty of $3.75 million. In addition, the Order imposes permanent registration and trading bans.
In what is the largest amount ever sent in a refund program run by the FTC there is $505 million coming back for payday loan customers of AMG
Defendants are alleged to have solicited approximately $5.5 million from at least 80 customers to invest in precious metals, including gold, palladium, platinum, silver bullion and gold and silver coins
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 474 checks – more than $33,000 to consumers who lost money to a scheme that charged homeowners an up-front fees but never provided any services.
Consumers are advised not to purchase or use Lipro Dietary Capsule, a product promoted and sold for weight loss on various websites, including www.liprodietpill.com, and possibly in some retail stores.
The FDA has alerted consumers to beware buying or using Detoxi Slim, a product promoted for weight loss, which may interact, in life-threatening ways, with other medications a consumer may be taking.
The FDA is advising consumers not to purchase or use Super Slimming Herb, a product promoted for weight loss. This product was identified during an examination of international mail shipments.
