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Payment Processor to Pay $10M to Settle Claims with FTC, Barred from Working with Collectors, Debt Relief Companies

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The Federal Trade Commission has taken legal action against a payment processing company and two of its former executives, accusing them of processing payments for fraudulent and deceptive companies, including a debt relief organization.

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FTC Sues Payments Company For Charging Consumers Millions of Dollars in Junk Fees

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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against a payments company that allegedly misled consumers about millions of dollars in junk fees that it was adding to their bills by charging consumers to make a payment and then printing a paper check and mailing it to the company being paid.

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FTC Bans Payment Processor From Debt Relief After Involvement in Scam

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The Federal Trade Commission has permanently banned a payment processor from processing debt relief payments after it was accused of facilitating a student loan debt relief scheme while also requiring the company and its owner pay $500,000 that will be used to refund individuals who were duped by the scam.

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Plant Hire firm enters liquidation despite nearly 50 years of trading

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A well known Scottish plant hire firm has entered liquidation after near half a century of trade. All jobs have been lost at a Fife based plant hire firm James Penman (Plant hire) Limited as it was put into liquidation despite trading nearly 50 years. The company was registered at Lea Rig, Tyrie Farm, near Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

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Small Business late payment costing SMEs £1.6Bn

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Small Business Late Payment and the cost of such has more than doubled in the past two years, reaching £1.6 This figure shows no signs of improving, with the average payment still received over a working week beyond the agreed terms. increase in 2022, showing how weak festive trading was. billion in 2023. y/y compared to a 9.7%

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Challenges in Countering Trade-Based Money Laundering

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In part 1 of the series on trade-based money laundering (TBML) , we established a definition of the term, explored some recent studies and highlighted some typical techniques employed by the criminals. must report potentially suspicious activity (including trade-related transactions) to FinCEN. Financial institutions in the U.S.

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My Employee Stole My Trade Secrets! What Can I Do?

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If an employee resigns and starts working for a competing company, the former employer’s trade secrets may be at risk of being disclosed. Luckily, Florida law offers several shields of protection to employers whose trade secrets have been stolen or misappropriated. What is a Trade Secret? Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

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