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Rest in peace Richard Lloyd
Television
Marquee Moon
Marquee Moon (1977)
It may be a cliche, but few things in my life compare to the first time I listened to “Marquee Moon” in 7th grade. I really was “hearing something else.” RIP to a great American.
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That ends now. Wronged consumers will receive $49.8 million in redress backed by a proposed federal-court order forbidding this misconduct. By holding landlords accountable and requiring price transparency, the FTC is helping to make housing more affordable.
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Progress also imposed “non-disparagement” clauses in leases that forbade consumers from complaining about “move-in ready” units that weren’t ready for move in, security deposits that weren’t properly returned, and lackluster customer service.
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Under previous management, Progress Residential, an arm of the private equity firm Pretium, advertised deceptively low rental rates that avoided mentioning a host of mandatory fees that drove the true monthly cost skyward, according to our complaint.
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In the biggest case of its kind, the @FTC and our state partners compelled the nation’s largest manager of single-family home rentals to end practices described in thousands of complaints from infuriated consumers.
Every day this agency makes me so proud.
In the biggest case of its kind, the @FTC and our state partners compelled the nation’s largest manager of single-family home rentals to end practices described in thousands of complaints from infuriated consumers.
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New details emerge in Amazon ads auction-rigging case. Newly unredacted material sheds light on Amazon’s alleged scheme to manipulate auction results to meet corporate financial targets: bit.ly/3WeSyHh
Joe Gabriel Simonson retweeted
America does not belong to those who hate it.
America belongs to those who love it.
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Today, I joined my colleagues @FBIDirectorKash, @DrOzCMS, @AFergusonFTC, and @AAGMcDonald in Minnesota as we move to the next phase of our fight against fraud. Treasury is deploying every tool to hold perpetrators to account.
The industrial-scale fraud that Tim Walz and his administration allowed to fester is his defining legacy. But with President Trump back in office, Washington is no longer content to watch Minnesota’s fraud epidemic spiral from a distance.
The days of indifference are over. Under @POTUS’s leadership, wherever the money leads, the full weight of the federal government will follow.
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Indian National Pleads GUILTY to $227M Medicare Fraud
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.@FBIDirectorKash in Minnesota: Yesterday, @FBIMinneapolis and our partners executed 17 search warrants in a single day to combine into a 26-count indictment, and arrested four of the alleged fraudsters:
Feisal Elmi, Aspen Associates — 11 counts of healthcare fraud, $8 million in intended loss;
Jama Mohamod, American Home Health Care — 6 counts of healthcare fraud, $3.27 million in intended loss;
Faiza Ahmed, Home Sweet Home — 8 counts of healthcare fraud, $10 million in intended fraud;
Habiba Mohamed, Smart Therapy — 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, totaling nearly $20 million in intended fraud and loss."
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.@SecScottBessent in Minnesota: "Over the past year, @USTreasury returned $175 million in payments that would've gone to deceased individuals… Further, we've stopped almost $190 million and returned over $100 million in funds to U.S. victims of overseas fraud."
Joe Gabriel Simonson retweeted
The American people, and the law, demand better. With our state partners, we intend to hold companies accountable to the promises they make to consumers.
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Our complaint says Toast made it as difficult as possible to cancel that subscription, with several small businesses telling us they were ghosted when they tried to reach the “24/7/365” hotline for help. They were treated to undisclosed early termination fees, instead.
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The @FTC and several state attorneys general sued the fintech firm Toast yesterday, alleging deceptive and unlawful conduct in the way it handled subscriptions for point-of-sale hardware as well as order-and inventory-management services for restaurants.
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Americans are sick and tired of hidden fees, unwanted add-ons, and lousy customer service. When companies promise 24/7 support, they better pick up the phone when a consumer calls.
