WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is distributing more than $356,900 in refunds to thousands of consumers defrauded by a student loan forgiveness scam that falsely claimed ties to the U.S.

The FTC is warning people about a new phishing scam where scammers pose as Amazon, sending fake refund texts to steal personal information.

The launch of the federal inquiry is designed to “gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing” from “false or unsupported ...

Media Matters for America, a left-wing media organization, is reportedly overwhelmed by legal costs that have amounted to roughly $15 million amid lawsuits from the FTC and X.

The FTC in early March filed a lawsuit to block Surmodics (NASDAQ: SRDX) planned $627 million sale to private equity firm ...