February 18, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission has secured nearly $10 million in partially suspended payments in order to resolve its claims that a trio of data brokers sold consumers' bank account numbers, Social Security numbers and other confidential information to scammers, the regulator said Thursday.
December 04, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday pressed an Arizona federal judge to grant default judgment of more than $4 million against a data broker accused of selling consumers' confidential information to scammers, saying the company hasn't respond to the complaint filed against it almost a year ago.
December 23, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it has sued a data broker in federal court over accusations that the company sold consumers' confidential information to scammers who subsequently debited millions from those consumers' accounts without permission.