[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4766-4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2441]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3667]


Martha Clark; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative 
Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a New 
York-based individual doing business as Simplex Services from 
misrepresenting, in advertisements--via a computer communications 
network, or by any other means--for a credit repair product, any right 
or remedy available under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including the 
ability to remove adverse information in any credit report, and the 
legality of any credit repair product.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 10, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicholas Franczyk, Federal Trade Commission, Chicago Regional Office, 
55 East Monroe St., Suite 1860, Chicago, IL 60603. (312) 353-8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, April 1, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 14320, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Martha Clark, for the purpose 
of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given sixty (60) 
days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections regarding 
the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2441 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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