The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks totally $757,946 to 14,948 small business that were tricked into using DOTAuthority.com’s registration services with advertising and practices that were deemed deceptive.
Service Accused of Coercing Fleets into Paying Fake Fees Agrees to Settle
The operators of an online registration service for carriers have agreed to settle with the FTC for $900,000 over charges that they impersonated and falsely claimed affiliation with government agencies to trick fleets into paying them for UCR registration.