Nelson Gamble & Associates LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3030
X120048
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Defendants in Wealth-Building Scheme Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Business Opportunities, and Producing or Distributing Infomercials
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Russell and Catherine Dalbey – who allegedly defrauded consumers with promises of making big bucks by brokering seller-financed promissory notes – have settled with the Federal Trade Commission and...
Judge Agrees With FTC: Scammers Debited Payday Loan Applicants’ Bank Accounts Without Their Consent; Consumers Entitled to More Than $9.5 Million in Refunds
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A federal judge has found in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in its case against an online operation that illegally debited consumers’ bank accounts when they visited the defendants’ websites...
FTC Charges Marketers with Deceiving Small Businesses into Buying Credit/Debit Card Processing Services and Equipment
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged an operation that sells credit and debit card payment processing services to small businesses with violating federal law. The defendants allegedly made false...
FTC Acts Against Spam Text and Robocalling Operations
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The Federal Trade Commission has moved to shut down an international network of scammers that sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers, using the lure of “free” gift cards and electronics...
Three Companies Barred from Advertising Mattresses as Free From Volatile Organic Compounds Without Scientific Evidence to Back Up Claims
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Under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, three mattress manufacturers have agreed to stop making unsupported claims that the mattresses they sell are free of harmful volatile organic...
FTC to Host Roundtable on Proposed Changes to its Care Labeling Rule for Clothing
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC will host a public roundtable in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013, to analyze proposed...
FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Eight States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
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Investigators working undercover in eight states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 127 funeral homes they visited during 2012. The...
FTC To Hold ID Theft Webinar for the Blind and Visually Impaired July 31
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern on July 31 for blind and visually impaired consumers with information on how to protect themselves from identity theft. The webinar,...
AMG Defendants Settle FTC’s Debt Collection Charges
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The Federal Trade Commission has reached a partial settlement with the principal defendants in its case against the payday lending operation AMG Services Inc., resolving allegations that the...
FTC Settlement Bans Marketer from Selling Work-At-Home Opportunities
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Christopher Andrew Sterling, a work-at-home opportunity marketer, has been banned from selling work-at-home and business opportunities under a federal court settlement. The FTC sued Sterling in...
Sterling, Christopher Andrew, d/b/a sterlingvisa.com, rebatedataprocessor.com, and creditcardworker.com
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3279
X130016
'Free iPhone' Text Message Spammer Settles FTC Charges
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An Internet marketer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that he blasted consumers with millions of deceptive spam text messages. Henry Nolan Kelly was the subject of one of a...
Operators of Postal Jobs Scheme Banned from Selling Employment Services
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Under settlement orders with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, the operators of an alleged federal jobs scam have been banned from selling employment products or services. Last year, as...
FTC Testifies before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Debt Collection and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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The Federal Trade Commission told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that it continues to crack down on unlawful debt collection practices through an active program of vigorous law enforcement, education and...
FTC Approves Changes to Energy Guide Labels for Appliances to Reflect New Tests for Measuring Energy Costs
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved new EnergyGuide labels for refrigerators and clothes washers, and updated comparative energy consumption information on labels for other appliances, to help...
FTC Staff Makes Recommendations to Arizona Corporation Commission On Expanding Retail Electric Competition
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Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in response to a request from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) for comments on retail electric competition in Arizona. The FTC staff comment...
Operators of Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scheme Barred from Telemarketing, Will Turn Over Funds Frozen by Court
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The Arizona-based defendants behind an alleged fraudulent credit card interest rate reduction scam will be permanently barred from the telemarketing business, and must turn over all of their remaining...
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