'Operation Clean Sweep': FTC and State Agencies Target 36 'Credit Repair'
Operations
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 announced today the Commission
seeks to halt the defendants' allegedly unlawful business practices, prohibit further violations, and make them pay
consumer redress and give up their ill-gotten gains. Read more...