A to Z Marketing, Inc., also d/b/a Client Services; Apex Members, LLC, also d/b/a Apex Solutions, also d/b/a MacArthur Financial Group, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3074
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Court Finds Defendants Lied to Consumers When Selling Legal Services for Mortgage Relief
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A federal court has found that Jeremy Foti and Charles Marshall, acting through Brookstone Law and Advantis Law, “made numerous false and/or misleading material statements to consumers” when selling...
FTC Challenges Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board Regulations that Restrict Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, alleging that the group is unreasonably restraining price competition for appraisal services in...
Final Defendant in Alleged Mortgage Relief Scam Settles FTC Charges
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The final defendant in an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners will be banned from selling mortgage or debt relief services under a settlement with the Federal Trade...
Defendants in Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme Banned from Industry in Settlement with FTC and Florida
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida, the operators of an alleged student debt relief and credit repair scam will be banned from those lines of business. The...
Mortgage Relief Defendant Banned from Debt Relief Business
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Damian Kutzner, one of the operators of a mortgage relief scheme that bilked millions of dollars from financially distressed homeowners, has agreed to a court order banning him from the debt relief...
Plain Language Guidance
Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business
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Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files—names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data—that identifies customers or employees. This information often is...
File
Plain Language Guidance
Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business
Date
Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files—names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data—that identifies customers or employees. This information often is...
File
FTC Action: Court Bans Mortgage Relief Scammers from Debt Relief Business
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The operators of an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under a court order obtained by the...
FTC Action: Court Orders Ban Mortgage Relief Scammers from Mortgage Modification and Debt Relief Business
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The principals of a mortgage relief operation and their companies are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under court orders obtained by the Federal Trade Commission...
Student Loan Help Direct
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
152 3079
X160029
FTC Halts California Based Mortgage Relief Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a mortgage relief scam with bilking millions of dollars from homeowners by falsely telling them they could join a so-called “mass joinder”...
FTC Cracks Down on Debt Relief Schemes Targeting Student Loan and Mortgage Borrowers
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The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have taken action against two operations charged with running phony student loan debt relief schemes, and defendants in a similar FTC action...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed by Mortgage Relief Services Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 474 checks totaling more than $33,000 to consumers who lost money to a scheme that charged homeowners an up-front fee for mortgage relief services they promised...
FTC Action: Scammer Banned from Debt and Mortgage Relief Business, Telemarketing
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Denny Lake, the final individual defendant in a mortgage modification scam aimed at financially strapped homeowners, will be banned from selling debt relief and mortgage-related products and services...
FTC Brings Action Against Debt Relief Operation that Targeted Financially Distressed Homeowners and Student Loan Borrowers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt relief operation with falsely representing to financially distressed homeowners and student loan borrowers that it would help get their mortgages and...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: "License To Compete: Occupational Licensing and the State Action Doctrine," Before the Subcommittee On Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate
Date
By
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair
Matter Number
P859910
File
Text of the Commission Testimony
(120.66 KB)
FTC Action: Scammers Banned from Mortgage Relief Business, Telemarketing
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Four mortgage modification scammers, Brian Pacios, Chad Caldaronello, Justin Moreira and Derek Nelson will be banned from selling debt relief products and services under settlements resolving Federal...
Lakhany, Sameer, The Credit Shop, LLC, Fidelity Legal Services LLC, Titanium Realty, Inc., Precision Law Center, Inc., and Precision Law Center LL
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3136
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