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WASHINGTON----The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission from applying its so called Red Flags Rule, which would impose onerous and unnecessary requirements on AICPA members.
How sleazy could any company be with an adorable blue hippo for a mascot? Baltimore-based BlueHippo provides the answer: really, really sleazy. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has had it with the company, which offers computers on layaway to those too poor to buy one outright. Buyers put up $99 to $124 in down payments, then make regular payments of $36 to $88. After 13 of these payments, the ...
The Federal Trade Commission says a company promising to sell computer to those with low credit scores, pocketed more than 15 million dollars last year but that almost none of the customers received a computer. Now The FTC is seeking additioinal damages.
An electronics sales company gets in trouble with the Federal Trade Commission for taking money and then never delivering the product. Djuan Roberson of West Springfield has bad credit and couldn't get financing to buy a computer.
Scott & White Hospital in Temple announced last week that the Federal Trade Commission nixed its April merger with King's Daughters Hospital, declaring it "anti-competitive." The FTC would not comment on the investigation, as it is ongoing.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against electronics financing firm BlueHippo after it allegedly violated a 2008 court order requiring the company to make good on promises to deliver computers to customers.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed contempt charges against solo practitioner Jeffrey Benice for refusing to fork over $238,300 in fees he was paid by the operators of an illegal Ponzi scheme. In court papers, Benice argued that he could not afford to comply with the order, but offered to pay $2,500 a month. The FTC says this is not enough, noting that Benice in a deposition said he makes an ...
The Federal Trade Commission has requested a contempt order against BlueHippo from a federal court. The company collected more than $15 million from consumers, but delivered neither the computers nor...
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it will review Intel Corp.'s (INTC) settlement with rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and said its investigation into Intel's practices is ongoing.
The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo for violating a 2008 agreement that required the company to pay $3.5 million for consumer redress and barred the defendants from further deceiving customers.
To comply with newly mandated regulations from the Federal Trade Commission, the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Oct. 27 to adopt a new Identity Theft policy that, among other changes, will require certain township personnel to undergo training about awareness of fraud.