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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission received more than 2.1 million fraud reports from consumers in 2020, according to newly released data, with imposter scams remaining the most common type of fraud reported...

One of the defendants behind an alleged sham health insurance scheme has been permanently banned from the health care business as part of a settlement with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission. The FTC’s...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling nearly $4.7 million to people who lost money as a result of the Digital Altitude business coaching scheme. According to the FTC, the defendants...

The staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The FTC is...

Amazon will pay more than $61.7 million to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it failed to pay Amazon Flex drivers the full amount of tips they received from Amazon customers over a two and...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission finalized a settlement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc., over allegations it misled consumers about the level of security it provided for its Zoom meetings and...

Two Nevada companies and two individuals have agreed to stop charging consumers thousands of dollars to apply for multiple credit cards in their names in order to pay for expensive and often...

Given Tronox Holdings plc.’s announcement that it has abandoned its acquisition of TiZir Titanium and Iron, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has closed its investigation into the proposed acquisition...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is sending a third round of checks totaling more than $250,000 to victims of a mortgage modification scheme dating back to 2009. The FTC began mailing refunds in this...

Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the combination of the Upjohn division of pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Mylan N.V...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is launching Identity Theft Awareness Week, February 1-5, 2021, with a series of events to highlight steps consumers can take to help reduce their risk of identity theft...

New data released by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission shows that FTC actions led to more than $482 million in refunds to consumers across the country in 2020. A core part of the FTC’s mission is to return...

The FTC is suing Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Endo International plc, Impax Laboratories, LLC, and Impax’s owner, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., alleging that a 2017 agreement between Endo and Impax...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, designated Acting Chair of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission by President Joseph R. Biden on January 21, today unveiled a number of interim leadership changes. “I am enormously...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is taking legal action against three ticket brokers based in New York who allegedly used automated software to illegally buy up tens of thousands of tickets for popular...

A federal district court entered final orders against the three primary individual defendants—Andris Pukke, Peter Baker, and Luke Chadwick, and related corporations—in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s...

President Joseph R. Biden designated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as Acting Chair of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission. Slaughter has served as a Commissioner since May 2018. “I am deeply honored and grateful...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission published its Fiscal Year 2020 Performance Report as required under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010. The report documents the progress...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons announced his resignation from the Commission today, effective January 29, 2021. “It’s been a great honor to lead this incredible organization filled...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in response to its request for comment on its Interim Final Rule titled Authority of VA...