The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that certain acts or practices used to attract participants to money-making opportunities are unfair or deceptive, and violate the FTC Act.
- Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Money-Making Opportunities (2021)
- Sample cover letter sent to recipients of this Notice
- Related Press Release: FTC Puts Businesses on Notice that False Money-Making Claims Could Lead to Big Penalties
The FTC administrative decisions establishing penalty offenses concerning money-making opportunities:
- Macmillan, Inc., et al., 96 FTC 208 (1980)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., et al., 87 FTC 421 (1976)
- National Dynamics Corp., 82 FTC 488 (1973), as modified at 85 FTC 1052 (1975)
- Ger-Ro-Mar, Inc., 84 FTC 95 (1974), (initial order as originally paginated), as modified at 86 FTC 841 (1975)
- Holiday Magic, 84 FTC 748 (1974), as modified at 85 FTC 90 (1975)
- Universal Credit Acceptance Corp., 82 FTC 570 (1973)
- Universal Elec. Corp., 78 FTC 265 (1971)
- Windsor Distrib. Co., 77 FTC 204 (1970)
- Waltham Watch Co., 60 FTC 1692 (1962)
- Abel Allan Goodman Trading As Weavers Guild, 52 FTC 982 (1956)
- Washington Mushroom Indus., Inc., 53 FTC 368 (1956)
- Von Schrader Mfg. Co., 33 FTC 58 (1941)
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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