Andrew Ferguson

Good to see the @FTC stepping in on deceptive auto pricing.  We just wrapped a case in Alaska against Swickard—bait-and-switch pricing, hidden add-ons, cars advertised but not actually available. Alaskans already pay inflated prices. They shouldn’t have to fight the price tag too. Thanks to @AFergusonFTC for reinforcing these consumer protection issues nationally.

.@VP introduces Colin McDonald prior to his swearing-in as Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement: "One of the things Colin is going to do is make sure that... no fraud is small enough or big enough to look away from."

Confirmed, 52-47: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #697 Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General.

Today the Commission has obtained the largest-ever consumer redress recovery under the Franchise Rule: $17 million dollars that will go back into the pockets of hard-working small business owners trying to create new jobs and opportunity in communities across the country. I am grateful to the FTC staff who oversaw this investigation, and I commend @AFergusonFTC for his dedication to protecting American labor markets.

.@AFergusonFTC: "This fraud is just siphoning money that millions of Americans pay to fund their hospitals, to fund their daycare centers, into completely fake businesses. It isn’t just unfair to all of us, as taxpayers, who pay for all this, it's particularly unfair to the Americans who need this the most... and this is why this effort is so important."