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Telemarketing Sting Results To Be Unveiled In Clearwater
CLEARWATER - The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday will announce the results of "Operation Tele-Phoney," which is described by the agency as the largest telemarketing investigation in history. ...more
May 19, 2008
ID Theft Up In City, County
Rushing to visit her mother undergoing surgery in South Carolina, Sophia Teague stuffed her bill payments into her mailbox and lifted the flag to signal the mail carrier. ...more
February 17, 2008
Hillsborough, Tampa Log Big Increase In Identity Theft
Financial crimes such as identity theft and check fraud increased last year 39 percent in Tampa and 24 percent in Hillsborough County, statistics show. ...more
February 14, 2008
Consumer Fraud Cases Up In 2007, FTC Reports
Americans reported 20 percent more cases of consumer fraud in 2007 than the year before, with nearly a third of complaints related to identity theft, the government said Wednesday. ...more
February 14, 2008
Web Scams Frustrate Victims, Officials
Pete Giancola was looking for a bass boat for his son, so he went looking on eBay, where he found one listed for a good price. ...more
January 28, 2008
Telemarketer May Get To Reopen
A U.S. magistrate is recommending that a Largo-based telemarketing company that was raided and shut down by federal officials in July be allowed to resume operations, albeit in slimmed-down form and under a strict court-ordered receivership. ...more
December 28, 2007
FTC Clicks OK On Google Merger
With U.S. antitrust clearance for its DoubleClick purchase, Google's focus now turns to European regulators, who are expected to be more critical of the top search engine linking up with a market leader in online advertising. ...more
December 21, 2007
Agency Proposes Standards For Tracking Internet Consumers
On the same day they cleared Google's purchase of online advertiser DoubleClick, federal regulators said industry needs to be more transparent about how consumers' Web-surfing habits are tracked. ...more
December 21, 2007
It's A Good Idea To Use Gift Cards Right Away
Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more
December 18, 2007
Regulators Take Swipe At Store Gift Card Practices
Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more
December 18, 2007
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