November 10, 2021
A Florida federal judge let a Miami investor and real estate developer out of a Federal Trade Commission trial seeking $100 million from websites that tricked consumers into paying for freely obtainable information, finding that the agency failed to show he knew the websites he backed were doing something illegal.
August 17, 2021
A Florida federal judge has overturned a Federal Trade Commission freeze of $85 million in assets from a man accused of fraudulently promising help with government services after declining the FTC's request to hold him in contempt over knowledge of a court order in a co-defendant's previous scuffle with the agency.
October 22, 2014
Three groups of Internet marketing and advertising companies have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over claims they sent unsolicited text messages seeking to persuade millions of consumers to share private information through phony free gift card offers, the agency said Wednesday.