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Did the FTC send your company a Notice of Penalty Offenses?
The Commission published five recipient lists — as five separate PDFs, 2,584 lines of scanned company names. They are public and, in practice, unreadable. This is the first place all five can be searched together.
The FTC published these lists as five separate PDFs. This is the only place they exist as one searchable, downloadable dataset.
What these companies publish today
We resolved these lists to live websites and read 480 of them. 72% publish at least one claim with no evidence cited beside it — 3,717 claims counted, and one site carrying 268. It is a reading of what a page says, not a finding that any claim is false, and no company is named.
Or browse the whole list
The Commission files companies under registered legal names, so the one you want may sit under a parent you would not think to search for.
- Everyone who received the substantiation of product claims notice
- Everyone who received the endorsements and testimonials notice
- Everyone who received the money-making opportunities notice
- Everyone who received the for-profit education notice
- Everyone who received the misuse of information collected in confidential contexts notice
What each notice actually covers
In the Commission’s own terms. A notice puts a company on formal notice that the described conduct has been found unlawful, which is what allows civil penalties of up to $50,120 per violation under 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(B) if that company later engages in it.
Substantiation of product claims
Failing to have competent and reliable evidence for product claims, failing to have competent and reliable scientific evidence for health or safety claims, failing to have at least one well-controlled human clinical trial for claims that a product treats a serious disease, and misrepresenting the level or type of substantiation for a claim.
Endorsements and testimonials
Using endorsements to deceive consumers — including fake reviews, misrepresenting an endorser's experience, and failing to disclose a material connection between an endorser and the seller.
Money-making opportunities
Misrepresenting the earnings a participant can expect, and failing to have evidence for claims about income, profits or business performance.
For-profit education
Misrepresenting employment outcomes, job placement rates, and the nature of the education or credential offered.
Misuse of information collected in confidential contexts
Misusing information collected in a context where the consumer had reason to expect it would remain confidential.
What does your own website currently claim?
Being on a list is a fact about a letter. The question it raises is a different one: what do your published pages assert today, and what evidence sits beside each assertion?
We read public pages and return an inventory — every claim found, and which of them would face a substantiation question if somebody asked. It is a reading, not a verdict. It does not determine whether any claim is adequate, and it is not legal advice.
The method is published in full, including its limits, so anyone can check it or repeat it.
Sources
- Federal Trade Commission, Penalty Offenses — the authoritative source for every list indexed here. We link rather than rehost, so the record you rely on is the Commission’s current one.
- Penalty authority: 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(B), up to $50,120 per violation.
- Names, spellings and list membership are reproduced as published by the FTC. If a company is listed in error, that is a matter for the Commission, and we will reflect any correction they publish.
Compiled by KnightByrd Tech LLC from the Commission’s own published rosters. Free to search, free to cite. General information, not legal advice.