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$18.5M In Checks Going To Deceptive Sweepstakes Victims, FTC Says: See If You Qualify $18.5M In Checks Going To Deceptive Sweepstakes Victims, FTC Says: See If You Qualify
$18.5M In Checks Going To Deceptive Sweepstakes Victims, FTC Says: See If You Qualify More than 280,000 people will receive checks after they were targeted by misleading sweepstakes emails, federal regulators said. According to the Federal Trade Commission, more than $18.5 million in refunds will be sent to 281,724 consumers, the agency said in a news release on Wednesday, April 30. The FTC found that Publishers Clearing House misled shoppers through deceptive online marketing and emails. An FTC investigation found that PCH tricked predominantly older and lower-income people into buying products. The shoppers were given the false impression that making the pur…

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by Chris Spiker
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American-Born Attorney Told To Self-Deport In Immigration Snafu: 'I've Been Here My Whole Life' American-Born Attorney Told To Self-Deport In Immigration Snafu: 'I've Been Here My Whole Life'
American-Born Attorney Told To Self-Deport In Immigration Snafu: 'I've Been Here My Whole Life' When Nicole Micheroni, a Massachusetts-born immigration attorney, opened her inbox and saw an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she would need to leave the country “immediately,” she knew it had to be a mistake. The message claimed her “parole” had been terminated, a term used in immigration law to describe temporary permission for non-citizens to stay in the U.S. But Micheroni is a U.S. citizen. And that’s exactly what’s raising alarm bells for her. “I knew it was sent to me in error and so wasn’t worried,” she said in a thread on Bluesky. “But what about the peopl…

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by Josh Lanier