Defendants claimed they would reduce consumers’ debts The Federal Trade Commission has charged a student loan debt relief operation with bilking more than $28 million from thousands of consumers throughout the country by falsely promising that consumers’ monthly payments would…

Editor’s Note: All dates and times are in New Zealand Daylight Time, which is 21 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time and 24 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter…

Naif Abdulaziz M. Alfallaj, 34, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a current resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, has been arrested for visa fraud, and making false statements to the FBI by, among other things, concealing his application to and attendance…

A former Vienna, Virginia attorney has been sentenced to 84 months in prison for conspiring to launder over $2 million dollars derived from a business email compromise scheme and for attempting to launder funds he believed to be the proceeds…

Commission files contempt motion against second marketer alleging similarly deceptive claims Chemical Free Solutions LLC (CFS), the seller of Cedarcide Original, a line of cedar oil-based products deceptively marketed as effective at stopping and preventing bed bug infestations, has settled…

Thank you, Sandie, for that kind introduction, and thank you for taking your extensive experience in the legal community and in the business world alike and putting it to good use here at the World Bank. On behalf of President…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives with stealing more than $2 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court in…

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement following the announcement that the Department of Justice would be filing a lawsuit to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger: Today brings…

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order with the operator of a Georgia-based online tax preparation service settling allegations that it violated federal rules on financial privacy and security. The Commission alleged in…

A four-count indictment has been returned charging a self-described day trader with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and computer intrusions, securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. As alleged in the indictment, between September…

One owner, corporate defendants permanently barred from telemarketing Two brothers and the companies they ran have settled a federal district court complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission and litigated by the Department of Justice, that charged them with running…

Top-Tier College Football Bowl Organization has Donated More than $10 Million Over Last Seven Years in Charitable Giving to Youth, Sports, Education Nonprofits in Arizona SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Greater Arizona Chapter, has awarded Fiesta…