Imperial Valley News Center
FTC Returns More than $748,000 to Consumers Who Signed Up for a "Free" Internet Auction Kit with Hidden Charges
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 53,595 refund checks totaling $748,070 to consumers nationwide who signed up for an online auction kit that was supposed to be free, but wasn’t. The kit actually cost consumers up to $59.95 per month if they failed to cancel a trial membership in a business opportunity program called Online Supplier.
Centennial Reflections video series with Jeff Cesca
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone. Today we continue with the Centennial Reflections video series, featuring CDFA employees remembering their histories, and the agency’s.
Chinese National Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Apple Goods into the United States
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Newark, New Jersey - A Chinese national living in the United States on a student visa was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for his role in a scheme to traffic and smuggle counterfeit Apple products, including phony iPhones and iPads, from China into the United States.
Justice Department Resolves Claims that California Loan Modification Service Providers Discriminated Against Hispanic Homeowners Based on Their National Origin
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Sacramento, California - The Department of Justice Tuesday announced a series of settlements to resolve allegations that several California-based mortgage loan modification service providers engaged in national origin discrimination in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act when they targeted Hispanic homeowners for predatory mortgage loan modification services and interfered with those individuals’ ability to keep their homes.
Man Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secrets for China
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Washington, DC - A Texas man was convicted Monday by a federal jury in Washington D.C. of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets.
Japanese Manufacturer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fixing Prices for Suspension Assemblies Used in Hard Disk Drives
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Detroit, Michigan - NHK Spring Co. Ltd. (NHK Spring), a Japanese manufacturer of suspension assemblies used in hard disk drives, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a global conspiracy to fix prices, the Department of Justice announced.
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