Securities and Exchange Commission Terminates Fraudulent Coin Offering Scheme
Fraudulent Coin Offering Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission obtains a court order halting an ongoing fraud. The illegal operation involves an initial coin offering (ICO) with more than $21…
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$7 Million Car Dealership Scam Gives New Meaning to “Used Car Salesman”
International Advance-Fee Scam An Indiana man is arrested in connection with allegations of laundering the proceeds of an…
By Peter MorenoMobile Phone Industry Manager and Multimillion-Dollar Consumer Fraud Scheme
Mobile Phone Industry Fraud The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announces that Christopher Goff…
By Peter MorenoShipchain among the targets of the largest ICO crackdown “Operation Cryptosweep”
State and provincial regulators in the United States and Canada launched “Operation Cryptosweep.” It is one of the…
By Marivic Cabural SummersFTC Announces Refund Claim Process for Consumers Scammed by NutriMost Weight-Loss System
Weight-Loss System Scam The Federal Trade Commission today announces a refund claim process in its case against NutriMost.…
By Peter MorenoFraudulent Marketers Banned from Invention Promotion Business
Invention Promotion Scam Scott Cooper and his Miami, FL, based companies, World Patent Marketing Inc. and Desa Industries…
By Peter MorenoFTC Squelches False Claims for Deceptive Mosquito-Repellent in Aromaflage Perfume and Candles
Product and False Claims A New Jersey company, Mikey & Momo, Inc., and its owners agree to settle…
By Peter MorenoFlorida Operation That Pitches Worthless Timeshare Resale Scheme Sacked
Fraudulent Timeshare Resale Scheme A Florida operation offering a fraudulent timeshare resale scheme receives a lifetime ban from…
By Peter MorenoFTC Sacks Deceptive Marketers for Work-at-Home and Business Coaching Scheme
Deceptive Marketers and Expansive Fraud Scheme Deceptive marketers for a work-at-home and business coaching scheme swindle consumers out…
By Peter MorenoInternational Money Laundering Conspiracy Lands U.S.-Nigerian Dual Citizen in Federal Court
Nigerian Money Laundering Conspiracy Emeka Ndukwu, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleads guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds…
By Peter MorenoGetting 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…
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