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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain.

CFPB Reports on Consumer Complaint Trends

Goodwin on 5/8/2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued its annual report analyzing the consumer complaints it received in 2024. The CFPB collects complaints through its website, phone calls, and mail....more

AGs Celebrate Consumer Protection Week 2025

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/7/2025

Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer Protection Week this week by releasing their top consumer complaint categories, summarizing their past year’s successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG...more

Third Circuit Holds That Furnisher Who Receives Notice of an Indirect Dispute Has Absolute Duty to Investigate Under FCRA

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP on 10/17/2023

News accounts of instances of stolen identity in which identity thieves incur debts in the names of innocent consumers are common. Given the structure of the consumer credit industry, it is difficult for consumers to know...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/25/2022

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

FTC Databook Highlights Consumer Fraud

BakerHostetler on 3/8/2013

The FTC last week announced the release of the Consumer Sentinel Network Databook for January – December 2012. The “Consumer Sentinel Network” is the FTC’s platform for law enforcement collaboration on issues affecting...more

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