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FTC Reports $145M In COVID-Related Scams Since January
FTC Reports $145M In COVID-Related Scams Since January
September 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

More than 200,000 Americans have lost $145 million linked to the COVID-19 pandemic since the start of the year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported...

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Facebook Puts Support Behind Data Movability Law Before FTC Meeting
Facebook Puts Support Behind Data Movability Law Before FTC Meeting
August 21, 2020  |  Regulation

Amid an approaching Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting, Facebook has advocated for rules that make it simpler for users to move media to a competing...

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FTC Warns Taxpayers About Stimulus Fraud
FTC Warns Taxpayers About Stimulus Fraud
August 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Congress has yet to agree on the next round of stimulus funding, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is already warning the public to beware....

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
August 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics,...

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Report: Companies Say Amazon Accessed Proprietary Info To Make Its Own Products
Report: Companies Say Amazon Accessed Proprietary Info To Make Its Own Products
July 26, 2020  |  Amazon

Daniela Braga, founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp., a data platform for artificial intelligence (AI), has a beef with Amazon Inc., The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...

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Feds Eye Payments Processors, Phony Websites Over Fraud
Feds Eye Payments Processors, Phony Websites Over Fraud
July 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are cracking down on scams known as credit card laundering or transaction laundering,...

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FTC Provides Testimony On Anti-Fraud Efforts Amid Pandemic
FTC Provides Testimony On Anti-Fraud Efforts Amid Pandemic
July 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection on Tuesday (July 21), detailing its efforts to...

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FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate...

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Pandemic Scammers Robbed US Consumers Of More Than $77M
Pandemic Scammers Robbed US Consumers Of More Than $77M
July 07, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Americans have lost more than $77 million in COVID-19 fraud since the start of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But that number...

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