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A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...

On behalf of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed a complaint against California-based Mantra Films, Inc. (Mantra), and its sole officer and director...

(Corrected to provide Amended Complaint) Three companies and three individuals marketing fake international driver’s permits (IDPs), college and university diplomas, academic transcripts, and related...

The FTC has charged a purported Web cramming operation with billing small business consumers for “free” Internet services, without full disclosure of the negative option features and without consumers...

Two marketers of false international driver’s permits (IDPs) and one financial processor for IDP marketers have settled �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that they violated federal laws by deceptively...

On behalf of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with Micro Star Software, Inc., a Carlsbad, California, software marketing company, and its president, Stephen Benedict...

Pacific Office Systems, Inc., based in Canoga Park, California, and its owner, Suzette Oppenheim, have agreed to settle federal charges that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection...

On behalf of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...

Corporate Supplies, Inc., based in Cummings, Georgia, and its principals, Larry Sarchenko and Robert Henkel, have agreed to pay $20,000 in consumer redress as part of a settlement with the �鶹��ý...

Two Illinois-based companies named in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office...

Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that they...

Defendants in two separate cases filed in federal district court as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges. In both cases, the FTC alleged that the...

Quality Maintenance Supplies, Inc., based in Chicago, and its principal, Joanne M. Drobut, have agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that they shipped and billed consumers for unordered...

One of the largest office supply operations in Southern California charged with sending unordered merchandise to small businesses around the country and then billing them for it has agreed to settle...

A suburban Chicago-area telemarketing company charged with sending unordered merchandise to small businesses around the country and then billing them for it has agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade...

Office supply fraud is one of the most significant business-to-business telemarketing frauds according to the �鶹��ý Trade Commission. Industry estimates that telemarketing fraud is costing the...

Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...

A suburban Chicago-area telemarketing company charged with sending unordered merchandise to small businesses around the country and then billing them for it has agreed to settle FTC charges that it...