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...
EquiAlt Faces SEC Lawsuit over Alleged Fraudulent Securities Offering
EquiAlt LLC, a private real estate firm based in Florida is facing a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that...
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...
Shipchain 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 largest enforcement action against fraudulent initial...
FTC 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. NutriMost proclaims to be an unrivaled and...
FTC sends $16 million in refunds to victims of Helping America Group
Consumers who were victims of a debt relief scam will receive refunds, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
On Tuesday, the federal consumer protection...
Stratford Career Institute Failed to Meet Basic High School Requirements for High School Program
Recently, the FTC mailed out more than 8,000 refund checks to students who enrolled in Stratford Career Institute’s high school program. According to Stratford...
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...
‘Infomercial’ Book Author Broke the Law with False Claims
Kevin Trudeau, informercial star and author of the book The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About, faces a multi-million dollar...
The Dangers of Online Dating
New developments have affirmed that online dating is not as benign as it may appear.
Online Dating Scams
The issue with online dating comes in the...