Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Congress created the CFPB after the 2009 financial crisis to regulate mortgages, student loans, credit cards, and other financial products and services used by consumers.

HelloFraud: TINA.org Files Complaint against Meal Kit Giant

False promises of ‘free meals’ lead consumers to never-ending subscriptions.

CoffeeBreakLoans.com

TikTok famous ‘loan’ company doesn’t actually loan money to anyone.

H&R Block Cases

California Is Latest to Strip Down Adore Me’s Deceptive Marketing

Online retailer agrees to pay a minimum of $200,000 in restitution to settle California action.

Capital One Spark Cash Card

When it comes to credit cards offering unlimited cash back, it’s a numbers game.

7 Signs LuLaRoe Is Sinking

Legging MLM struggles to stay afloat after meteoric rise.

What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling

Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.

H&R Block More Zero

File both your federal and states taxes online for free? Try again.

Primerica

TINA.org investigated Primerica, Inc., a Georgia-based multilevel marketing company that sells term life insurance and various other financial service products, and found that the company has used atypical income claims…

Imposter, Debt Scams Top FTC Consumer Complaints in 2016

This National Consumer Protection Week, see how consumers say they were scammed.

Procter & Gamble

TINA.org has reported on several Procter & Gamble brands, one of which, Gillette, was the subject of a TINA.org legal investigation and complaint. To read more about that action, click…

Le-Vel (Thrive)

TINA.org investigated Le-Vel Brands, LLC, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it used unsubstantiated health and disease-treatment claims to market its flagship product line of supplements, shakes, and…

Team National

TINA.org investigated Team National, a Florida-based multilevel marketing company that sells discounts for a variety of third-party products and services, and found that the company and its distributors used atypical…

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

The Coca-Cola Company

TINA.org has reported on several Coca-Cola brands, one of which, Vitaminwater, was the subject of two TINA.org amicus curiae briefs filed in two separate federal courts. To read more about…

doTerra

TINA.org found essential oils MLM repeatedly using illegal disease-treatment claims despite numerous warnings.

Young Living

TINA.org investigated Young Living Essential Oils, a Utah-based multilevel marketing company that sells and markets essential oils, and found that it has used unsubstantiated health and disease-treatment claims to market…

BMW

TINA.org found automaker engaging in deceptive made in USA marketing for 2023 X range vehicles.

Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…