Category: Scams & Your Rights
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A man who told investors to raid their retirement accounts got 20 years and owes $233.7 million
A federal judge in Atlanta has handed down the maximum sentence the law allows to a financial firm founder who spent nearly four years telling ordinary savers to move their retirement money into investments that turned out not to exist. The case is one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever prosecuted out of Georgia, and…
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Google, Flo and Flurry will pay $59.5 million over period-tracker data, claims open to October 15
A federal court in San Francisco has given preliminary approval to a $59.5 million settlement resolving claims that Google, the period-tracking app Flo Health and the analytics firm Flurry shared users’ menstrual and pregnancy data with outside companies without proper consent. The fund is now open to claims, and the deadline to file falls in…
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Skip Hop is recalling 22,660 Elmo teethers whose eyes can detach when frozen, with refunds
Skip Hop is recalling about 22,660 Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers sold in the United States after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission determined that the toy’s black eyes can detach if the teether has been placed in a freezer, creating a choking hazard for infants. The recall is dated September 3, 2026, and…
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Toyota is recalling 48,280 Tacoma pickups whose shock reservoirs can rust off onto the road, and the repair is free
Toyota is recalling 48,280 Tacoma pickups after finding that the external oil reservoirs on certain shock absorbers can corrode where they are welded to the shock body, letting the reservoir break loose and land in the road while the truck is moving. The recall does not cover every 2024 or 2025 Tacoma — only those…
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The Realtors group and 30 brokerages will pay homebuyers $120.3 million, and claims stay open until October 27
The National Association of Realtors and 30 real estate brokerage companies have agreed to pay $120.3 million to settle a nationwide lawsuit accusing them of keeping home-sale commissions artificially high. The money is earmarked for people who bought a home listed on a multiple listing service and paid a commission as part of the deal,…
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Ring owners are getting payments after the FTC found employees could watch their video
More than three years after regulators accused Ring of letting its own employees watch customers’ home security footage with little oversight, money tied to that case is still moving. The Federal Trade Commission has begun sending Zelle payments to Ring owners who never cashed an earlier refund check or accepted a PayPal payment, the latest…
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The FTC is depositing withheld tip money to Amazon Flex drivers by Zelle, after returning more than $60.6 million
The Federal Trade Commission has started sending a new round of payments to Amazon Flex drivers whose tips the company secretly withheld nearly a decade ago, this time depositing the money directly through Zelle instead of mailing a check. The Zelle payments are going to drivers who never cashed the checks sent during two earlier…
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Two months of Social Security deposits stay protected when a garnishment order arrives
A federal rule that has been in force since 2011, and was tightened in 2013, requires banks and credit unions to automatically shield roughly two months of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and several other federal benefit deposits the moment a garnishment order lands on an account. The shield is automatic: no court filing, no…
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An appeal has frozen Capital One’s $425 million savings payout, possibly past a year
A federal judge signed off on a $425 million settlement in April 2026 to resolve claims that Capital One let its older 360 Savings account fall far behind the interest rate it paid on the newer 360 Performance Savings account. Current and former accountholders were told a payout was coming automatically, with no claim form…
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Tyson and Hormel will pay pork buyers $117 million, and claims close October 29
Five of the country’s biggest pork processors have agreed to pay a combined $117 million to settle a long-running lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to inflate the price of bacon, chops, ribs and other raw pork sold in grocery stores nationwide. The deal covers people who bought pork for their own household, not restaurants or…
