Category: Scams & Your Rights
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AT&T’s data breach settlement won final approval on Oct. 2, though the administrator says the cash available to each claimant is still unknown
A federal judge has signed off on AT&T’s data breach settlement, but no one can yet say what a claimant will be paid. The settlement website says the court granted final approval on October 2, 2026, and adds that “the amount of money that will be available for Settlement Class Member Cash Payments is unknown…
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A former TD Bank employee pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to laundering about $4.8 million after handing out hundreds of debit cards and unblocking fraud-flagged cards
Eighty-six accounts, one Miami commercial address, and a bank employee who was being paid on the side. That is how federal prosecutors describe the case against Gerardo Aquino, 40, of Hollywood, Florida, a former TD Bank employee who pleaded guilty on Oct. 6 in federal court in New Jersey, according to the Justice Department. Aquino…
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OPM says anti-fraud work saved federal health plans over $500 million in 2025
The Office of Personnel Management and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud say anti-fraud work saved the federal government’s two employee health programs more than $500 million in 2025. The programs are the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, or FEHB, and the Postal Service Health Benefits Program, or PSHB. The figure is OPM’s…
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The FTC warned 24 of the nation’s largest health care services companies on Oct. 5 about failing to give transparent prices for routine care scheduled in advance
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson sent letters on Oct. 5 to 24 of the nation’s largest health care services companies about the way they quote prices to patients. The FTC says in its announcement that the letters remind the companies of their legal duty to give patients clear price information, particularly for routine…
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Leslie’s is closing 76 pool supply stores in a prearranged Chapter 11 case
Customers holding a Leslie’s gift card or a Pool Perks account can keep using both, the company says, even as the pool supply chain closes 76 of its more than 900 stores. Leslie’s, Inc. filed for prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 30 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas,…
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The FTC is sending 6,205 refund payments to GOAT customers, and checks must be cashed within 90 days while PayPal payments must be accepted within 30
Two clocks started this week for people who bought from the online sneaker marketplace GOAT. The Federal Trade Commission says it is sending 6,205 refund payments, and checks must be cashed within 90 days while PayPal payments must be accepted within 30. The agency lists the details on its GOAT refunds page. The shorter clock…
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Generic drug buyers from May 2009 to December 2019 can claim without receipts until March 8, 2027 from settlements won by 48 attorneys general
Anyone who bought a generic prescription drug at any point from May 2009 through December 2019 may have a claim in a price-fixing settlement, and a receipt is not needed to file one. The deadline is March 8, 2027, according to the Maine Attorney General’s office, which announced the claims period on September 24 together…
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The Equifax credit-score settlement goes before a judge in Atlanta on January 22, 2027
Chief Judge Leigh Martin May will hold the final approval hearing for the Equifax credit-score settlement on January 22, 2027, at 2:00 p.m. in Atlanta. The hearing decides whether a $100 million deal over a 2022 coding error becomes final. The dates that matter to most households arrive earlier, because the opt-out and objection deadline…
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Credit Acceptance pays more than $15 million in penalties to the attorneys general, on top of the debt it must erase
A settlement reached September 17, 2026 splits $700 million in a way that matters to anyone who ever financed a used car through a subprime dealer: more than $630 million in debt relief, $60 million in restitution, and more than $15 million in penalties that go to the states rather than to borrowers. Credit Acceptance…
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An earlier round of pork overcharge claims against JBS and Smithfield closed on April 22, and only the Tyson group’s window is still open
One pork price-fixing case has two claim windows, and they sit on opposite sides of today’s date. The administrator’s document page lists the JBS and Smithfield deadline as passed on April 22, 2026. The second round, covering Tyson, Clemens, Seaboard Foods, Hormel, Triumph Foods and Agri Stats, remains open, with claims due by October 29,…