If you're looking for a job, scam artists are looking for you. With unemployment up, con artists are getting crafty and coming up with new ways of taking advantage of desperate job seekers. ...more

March 21, 2009

Jeffrey Maricle told a jury last week that his equipment leasing company, the subject of 65 consumer complaints and a state attorney general's investigation, went out of business in late October. ...more

November 29, 2008

When Alice Bouchard became a widow in 1998, she also became a target. ...more

October 5, 2008

An increase in consumer complaints over the cancellation or reduction of home equity lines of credit has prompted one federal banking regulator to remind financial institutions about the laws governing this type of loan. ...more

September 7, 2008

A local nonprofit housing group, seeking to distance itself from Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office, will turn down a $300,000 grant from the office. ...more

June 13, 2008

Faster payments of undisputed claims and an extension of the freeze on rates paid by customers of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are among the mandates contained in a property insurance deal between House and Senate Republicans. ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA – The owner of Chevrolet dealerships in Plant City and Sanford has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle consumer complaints of unfair and deceptive business practices, the state Attorney General's Office announced this morning. ...more

November 8, 2007

TAMPA – The owner of Chevrolet dealerships in Plant City and Sanford has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle consumer complaints of unfair and deceptive business practices, the state Attorney General's Office announced this morning. ...more

November 8, 2007