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The cost of consumer fraud targeting older adults could have been as high as $119.5 billion in 2025, the FTC said in an annual report to Congress.

The report also outlines the FTC’s outreach efforts to combat fraud against older adults. The Justice Department released a similar annual report.

The FTC report summarizes 2025 findings from the Consumer Sentinel Network which collects reports of fraud and other consumer problems.… Continue Reading

A federal court has shut down a debt relief service that the FTC alleged targeted seniors and veterans by impersonating banks, credit card companies and government agencies.

A $106.8 million default judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona bans Accelerated Debt Settlement Inc., ADS Resolve LLC, Financial Solutions Group LLC, Unified Capital Services LLC, Mediwerks, Resolution Specialists LLC and Futura Capital and individual defendants from working in the debt relief industry.… Continue Reading

Greenway Automotive has agreed to settle FTC allegations that the company charged consumers thousands of dollars more than it advertised.

The company has agreed that its advertisements will prominently include the actual price a consumer must pay for a vehicle, excluding charges the government requires purchasers to pay.

The order, filed in the U.S.… Continue Reading

The Supreme Court’s June 29, 2026 decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook raise fundamental questions about presidential power, the independence of federal agencies, and the constitutional structure of the administrative state. Although both cases involved the President’s authority to remove federal officials, the Court’s decisions appear to point in different directions.… Continue Reading

Noting that impersonation scams have topped the list of consumer fraud complaints reported to the FTC in recent years, the commission is considering whether to update its Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses or take other action to prevent ad-optimization practices by online platforms that may be furthering impersonation scams.… Continue Reading

Saying that taking action against payment processors is an effective way to reach foreign and domestic businesses that scam consumers, the FTC has announced it has settled with two such processors, Nuvei and Humboldt Merchant Services.

“Payment processors are crucial intermediaries between businesses and consumers that must take their role seriously and operate in good faith to screen out bad actors; they should be able to do so without fear that they will become responsible whenever an associated merchant behaves poorly,” Commission Chairman Andrew N.… Continue Reading

On September 10, 2026, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP or Bureau) announced a new BCP Rule Guidance Program (Program) that gives businesses, trade associations, and other stakeholders a new mechanism for bringing problems with FTC rules directly to the Bureau’s attention. The program invites submissions identifying genuine ambiguities in FTC rules, substantive conflicts between an FTC rule and an existing statute or another FTC rule, and other significant problems with the FTC rules.… Continue Reading

The Federal Trade Commission and state of Connecticut recently secured a $4 million settlement with Chase Nissan LLC and its owners and management over allegations that the business was collecting fees without consumer authorization, including double charging for “certified pre-owned vehicles.”

The company did business as Manchester City Nissan. The Stipulated Order for a Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment and Other Relief was filed in the U.S.… Continue Reading