Mar 12, 2010
A nationwide debt collector has agreed to pay a civil fine of more than $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by inaccurately reporting credit information and pressing consumers to pay debts they often did not owe.
According to the FTC’s complaint, the company and two of its officers illegally tried to collect invalid debts and reported them to the credit reporting agencies without noting that consumers disputed them. In addition, even after receiving information from consumers ... Read More
Jan 21, 2010
WASHINGTON—Pacific Pipeline Systems LLP, a Long Beach, Calif.-based oil transport company, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and discontinue the use of a section of pipeline through an unstable section of mountains to resolve a Clean Water Act violation, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
"The United States brought this case to protect an important body of water, Pyramid Lake," said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources ... Read More
Jan 11, 2010
Call it another anti- google article, or call it a master piece. We focus a lot of our attention on corporations that deliberately steal, deceive, and downright rip off consumers. Today we would like to add to this list. Corporations that deceive other corporations that in return effect you as the consumer, enter the Droid Versus Android battle.
The Droid was released in November of 2009. The hype however, started back in 2008. Websites like engadget.com were so eager write what they believe ... Read More
Oct 8, 2009
Two bogus credit repair companies and their principals settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed they could clean up consumers’ credit reports and collected up-front fees for their services, in violation of federal law. In one case, the FTC alleged that the defendants marketed their services via Web sites and real estate investment seminars and falsely claimed that their special relationships with creditors, collection companies, public records providers and credit bureaus enabled them to remove derogatory information from consumers’ credit ... Read More
Oct 1, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY — Children as young as 13 were manning phone banks for a company that does market research and political surveys from call centers in seven states, federal investigators said Tuesday.
Children that young can't legally be employed except on farms.
The U.S. Department of Labor fined Orem, Utah-based Western Wats for hiring three 13-year-olds, and for working an additional 1,479 children more than three hours on a school day or more than eight hours on a weekend day, among other violations. ... Read More
