Operators of debt relief companies agree to settle FTC charges
Five operators of a student loan debt relief scam have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they bilked […]
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Robocaller to pay $82 million for illegally-spoofed health insurance marketing calls
The Federal Communications Commission fined telemarketer Philip Roesel and his companies Wednesday more than $82 million for illegal caller ID
Attack on Facebook exposes 50 million users’ accounts
Facebook announced Friday that earlier this week, "attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted ‘View As,’” a feature that
Uber to pay a record $148 million settlement for not disclosing 2016 data breach
Uber settled charges Wednesday it concealed a 2016 data breach in violation of notification laws. The settlement, which was reached
29 attorneys general file comments with FTC on role of states in consumer protection
Twenty-nine attorneys general filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission on the significant role state attorneys general play in consumer
DeVos kills rule that holds for-profit schools accountable
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Education will rescind the Gainful Employment Rule, a federal
Fines for corporations by federal agencies down under Trump administration, with penalties falling as much as 94 percent
When Donald Trump was elected president, I strongly suspected that he would be soft on his big corporation buddies. Now
Finally: U.S. shuts down massive IRS phone scam
Twenty-one members of massive India-based fraud and money laundering conspiracy that defrauded thousands of U.S. residents of hundreds of millions