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Did you know that your Social Security number can help an identity thief get a job, or the tax refund that should be yours? The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a staff report showing the results of a survey of mobile apps for children. The survey shows that neither the app stores nor the app developers provide the...

At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a U.S. district court put the mortgage relief business permanently off limits to marketers who allegedly charged thousands of consumers up to $2,600...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has issued its annual report to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Reserve Board on FTC enforcement and related activities regarding the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Electronic Fund...

A mortgage servicing subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it illegally assessed more than $36 million worth of fees against struggling homeowners...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has reached a settlement with four of the defendants in an allegedly phony debt relief services operation that claimed that, for $995, it would dramatically reduce...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission warned marketers of six mobile applications that provide background screening apps that they may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The FTC warned the apps...

At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a federal judge has temporarily halted a telemarketing operation that allegedly sold bogus credit cards and took money from consumers' bank accounts...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has stopped an operation that targeted payday loan seekers and charged them for worthless programs without their consent. A settlement order, reached as part of the FTC's...

Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings' (LabCorp) proposed acquisition of rival...

An operation that marketed prepaid calling cards to immigrants has agreed to pay $2.32 million as part of a settlement to resolve Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they made false claims to...

An operation that allegedly deceived consumers with bogus promises of nonexistent sales jobs will be banned from marketing any employment products or services under a settlement with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade...

One of the nation's largest consumer debt buyers has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it made a range of misrepresentations when trying to...

As part of its continuing effort to protect consumers from financial fraud and keep them informed, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will be joined by the U.S. Department of Justice to discuss a major...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission issued a complaint to block Omnicare, Inc.'s hostile acquisition of rival long-term care pharmacy provider PharMerica Corporation, alleging that the combination of the two...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will host a workshop on April 26, 2012, to examine the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and how this emerging technology impacts consumers. This event will bring...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission seeks public comment on an application by Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., which is requesting approval to sell two audit businesses of SDI Health LLC to inVentiv...

As part of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on the continuing need for, as well as the benefits, costs, and...

Six online marketers agreed to settlements with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to market acai berry supplements...

The immigration services business will be permanently off limits to an operation that allegedly posed as the federal government and tricked people into paying up to $2,500 for immigration forms, under...