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The Federal Trade Commission has sued Apply 2 Save Inc., and on Wednesday filed an injunction in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene barring the company and President Derek Oberholtzer from engaging in any mortgage loan or foreclosure relief activity. Another Oberholtzer-controlled company, Sleeping Giant Media Works Inc., is also subject to the agreement negotiated with the FTC.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified before the U.S. Senate today on the agency's campaign to crack down on scammers who are trying to take advantage of the economic downturn to push a variety of scams, such as phony job-placement and debt-reduction services, get-rich-quick schemes, and bogus government grants.
The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about foreclosure rescue companies that promise to stop the foreclosure process - for a price.
Prosecutors nationwide filed 189 legal actions Wednesday against loan modification consultants accused of bilking homeowners who are desperate to make their mortgage payments more affordable. The lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders announced by Federal... Sponsored Topics: Mortgage - Loan modification - Federal Trade Commission - Business - Financial services
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A Federal Trade Commission official on Tuesday told U.S. senators that the FTC's consumer protection bureau should have the same rule-making process as other federal regulators.
AUSTIN, Texas -- A phony telemarketing sweepstakes in Texas uses scam artists posing as Federal Trade Commission workers.The Texas Attorney General's Office on Wednesday issued an advisory warning of the scheme.The statement says callers tell recipie ...
The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that competition and the agency's antitrust enforcement improves health care in the United States in two ways first, by preventing or stopping anticompetitive agreements to raise prices and second, by helping to spur ...
Scammers who duped consumers into paying a total of more than $30 million for bogus business opportunities have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their deceptive claims violated federal law.
Prosecutors nationwide filed 189 legal actions Wednesday against loan modification consultants accused of bilking homeowners who are desperate to make their mortgage payments more affordable. The lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders announced by Federal Trade... Sponsored Topics: Mortgage - Federal Trade Commission - Business - Financial services - Loan modification
The Federal Trade Commission has issued new warnings that Foreclosure Rescue and Mortgage Modification fraud is increasing across the country. The move comes just days after Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae issued a similar warning that said scam artists are focusing on African-American and Hispanic homeowners desperate to save their homes.
The Federal Trade Commission is out to get loan modification consultants accused of bilking homeowners who are desperate to make their mortgage payments more affordable.
