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A company operating under two different names promised struggling homeowners it could reduce their mortgage payments. Regulators say that promise was false from the start — and are now returning nearly $3 million to the people who believed it.
Read the full report →Consumers were told they had won more than $2 million and just needed to mail a small fee to collect. The FTC says the winnings never existed — and the case took nearly a decade to fully resolve.
Read the full report →The FTC imposed a permanent ban on National Auto Protection Corp. and its principals from the vehicle protection services industry following findings that the company made millions of illegal robocalls using spoofed caller IDs and deceptive scripts claiming to be from consumers' car dealers or manufacturers.
Read the full report →Federal investigators found American Addiction Centers submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for substance use disorder treatment sessions that were not provided as billed — including group therapy attributed to licensed counselors who were not present — generating False Claims Act liability for the national rehab chain.
Read the full report →Agents were promised $5,000 to $20,000 a month. The FTC says the average agent actually made $117.36 a year — while the company's credit-repair promises to customers went unfulfilled too.
Read the full report →High Desert Organic Nursery marketed compost and growing media as approved for certified organic production, but laboratory analysis found aminopyralid herbicide residues that prohibit use in organic farming — and that damaged crops at farms that had relied on the organic labeling.
Read the full report →The EPA required Triton Water International to enter a compliance consent agreement after testing found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance levels in the company's bottled water products that exceeded the agency's new maximum contaminant limits established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Read the full report →The DOJ charged Procom Services and its owner with obtaining $8.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans by submitting fabricated payroll records and false employee counts to lenders, then spending the funds on personal expenses rather than employee wages.
Read the full report →The EPA cited Suburban Propane Partners for methane and volatile organic compound emissions at propane storage and distribution facilities that exceeded Clean Air Act permit limits, finding the company had failed to implement required leak detection and repair programs and emissions controls at affected sites.
Read the full report →The FTC sued Surescripts for illegally maintaining its monopoly over electronic prescription routing and eligibility networks by imposing exclusivity requirements and loyalty penalties that prevented pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers from switching to or supporting competing e-prescribing networks.
Read the full report →The SEC charged the operators behind BioZone Pharmaceuticals with issuing false press releases claiming clinical breakthroughs for their drug delivery technology, driving the stock from pennies to dollars as retail investors bought in, then dumping millions of shares before the price collapsed.
Read the full report →The DOJ alleged Genova Diagnostics paid kickbacks to naturopathic doctors and functional medicine practitioners in the form of discounted tests, free services, and other benefits, in exchange for directing patient specimens to its North Carolina laboratory.
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