deception

In contrast to the many U.S. companies we should view with pride, some have behaved in ways that are downright evil. For their exploitative behaviors, these companies (and one whole industry) have earned their seats on the corporate netherworld's board of shame.

Editor's note: This is the first in a periodic series of stories in which Consumer Ally will commission laboratory tests to verify food label claims. If there's a food you think is too good to be true, let us know at ConsumerAlly@WalletPop.com. Galeos Miso Caesar Dressing, a supposedly...

Direct Marketing Associates, which solicited potential car buyers using credit reports, settled charges lodged by the Federal Trade Commission that the company lied to consumers with low incomes and poor credit by telling them they had been approved for loans. The company and its owner were...

A group of Florida men who made false promises that they could fix consumers' credit agreed to a $21 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that was reduced to $5,000 apiece because they said they couldn't afford the larger sum, the FTC announced.The FTC said it would reimpose the...

What would you do if you got a free paycheck? You didn't do any work for a company that deposited money into your bank account like clockwork... for almost five years. Welcome to Anthony Armatys's world. Anthony accepted a job with telecommunications company Avaya Inc. in 2002. But he changed his...