FTC 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 Federal Trade Commission charges for false claims....
Florida 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 the Federal Trade Commission. Accompanying the permanent...
FTC 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 of millions of dollars. One of the...
International 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 of a multitude of fraudulent activities. Ndukwu’s...
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...
Telomerase Activation Sciences and Deceptive Advertising
The Status Quo and Deceptive Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission approves a settlement with Telomerase Activation Sciences, Inc., for deceptive advertising. The TA product line...
Convert2Media Involvement In ‘Smart Pill’ Scam Not That Smart After All
Convert2Media Digital Media Marketing
Convert2Media, a Florida based online advertising company, is complicit in providing mass digital marketing advertisements for Intellux. Intellux is the company behind...
Bollman Hat Company Settles Deceptive ‘Made in USA’ Certification
Made in USA
The Pennsylvania based Bollman Hat Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC prides itself on ‘Made in USA’ products. Unfortunately for Bollman,...
Fraudulent Online Cryptocurrency Chain Referral Scheme Squashed
Cryptocurrency Chain
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) files a complaint in federal court, halting the activities of fours individuals promoting deceptive money-making schemes involving cryptocurrencies....
Phony Debt Relief Scammers Pay $35 Million in Consumer Redress
Phony Debt Relief Operation
Three mastermind scam artists, Jeremy Marcus, Craig Smith, and Yisbet Segrea ran an extensive phony debt relief operation. The Federal Trade...
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