A Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Illinois Attorney General after complaints of overly high-priced tickets to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts. ...more

June 30, 2009

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is warning the public not to fall for the latest "phishing" scam that is fraudulently using the name of Internet provider America Online. ...more

February 2, 2009

A lawyer at the state attorney's office in Clearwater has been charged with driving under the influence for a second time. ...more

July 7, 2008

Americans reported 20 percent more cases of consumer fraud in 2007 than the year before, with nearly a third of complaints related to identity theft, the government said Wednesday. ...more

February 14, 2008

The makers of popular cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia - Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. - are being sued in states across the country over allegations that they misled consumers into thinking the drugs were more effective than generic ones. ...more

January 25, 2008

The social networking Web site Facebook has been warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at most sites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. ...more

October 1, 2007