Virtual Kidnapping Scams Become Source of Alarm
In the age of technology, virtual kidnapping scams have become a serious cause for concern, reports Fox News.
An Overview of Virtual Kidnapping Scams
Virtual kidnapping...
Erwin Balusek a.k.a “Bitcoin Pope,” Forex Birds ordered to stop fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme
The Texas State Securities Board ordered Erwin Darwin Balusek also known as “Bitcoin Pope” to stop offering an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme that...
Initial Coin Offering Lawsuits Pending as Fraud and Scams Prevail
Since the success of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies have exploded in the past year. Almost every other week, a new promoter introduces an initial coin offering...
ALERT: Moonlight Slumber, LLC Settles “Organic” Product Claims
Just a few weeks ago, we told you about Moonlight Slumber, LLC facing several serious allegations made by the FTC. One of those claims...
Getting Rich Quick from Negative-Option Sales
Marketing and Negative-Option Sales
"The FTC uses the phrase “negative option marketing” broadly to refer to a category of commercial transactions in which sellers interpret...
SEC charges Decision Diagnostics, CEO Keith Berman with fraud over COVID-19 blood testing device
Decision Diagnostics Corp., a biotechnology company based in California, and its CEO Keith Berman, are facing fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and...
ICO SCAM: Convicted Felon Conceals Identity, Defrauds $30 Million from Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against a convicted felon, Boaz Manor and his associate Edith Pardo as well as their...
Spanish Speaking Consumers Victims of Fraudulent Debt Collection Scheme
Centro Natural, LLC was accused of violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Do Not Call Registry, the FTC Act, and the Fair Debt Collection...
FTC cracks down operators of deceptive online risk-free trial offers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stopped the operations of a group of companies engaged in deceptive online risk-free trial offers that lured consumers into...
Health Care Fraud: Texas Hospice CEO Gets 15 Years Jail Time; Florida Businesswoman Faces...
The CEO of Merida Group, a health care company operating dozens of hospice, nursing homes, and group homes in Texas, was sentenced to 15...