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‘Operation Clean Sweep’: FTC and State Agencies Target 36 ‘Credit Repair’ Operations

‘Operation Clean Sweep’: FTC and State Agencies Target 36 ‘Credit Repair’ Operations October 23, 2008 The Federal Trade Commission and 24 state agencies today announced a crackdown on 33 operations that deceptively claim they can remove negative information from consumers’ credit reports, even if that information is accurate and timely. In the seven FTC actions …

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American Credit Experts and Legal Credit Repair Center Settles With FTC Over Credit Repair Infractions

A federal court has ordered a credit repair operation and its principals to stop making false claims and requiring advance payment for credit repair services. The agreed-upon court orders are a result of a settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and the “credit repair” defendants. The Commission sued the defendants in October 2008 as part …

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