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First Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case

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million to settle allegations that they laundered credit card transactions for scams targeting hundreds of thousands of consumers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday (May 19). The FTC said that Ko operated First Pay Solutions LLC, an independent sales organization (ISO) affiliated with First Data, from 2012 to 2014.

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FTC Calls For Tighter Small Biz Lending Scrutiny

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is eyeing tighter scrutiny of small business lending practices as Commissioner Rohit Chopra calls on the regulator to combat predatory SMB loan contracts, reports in Bloomberg said on Wednesday (May 8). Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C., Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C.,

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FTC Fines Two Telemarketing Companies For Making Robocalls

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The FTC is cracking down on robocall telemarketing businesses, announcing last week it cracked down on two such companies that have been making robocalls to consumers that have been on the National Do Not Call Registry since 2012 or even earlier. and FTC v. The FTC’s litigation against them is ongoing as well.

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MoneyGram To Settle With FTC For $125M

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday (Nov. According to the FTC , the company violated the settlement struck in 2012 that stemmed from charges that the company had aided and abetted wire fraud. This announcement came separately on Thursday. and Canada. “The

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