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The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back
The FTC can take impersonators to federal court.
Effective today, the agency’s rule ( PDF) “prohibits the impersonation of government, businesses, and their officials or agents in interstate commerce.” The rule also lets the FTC directly file federal court complaints to force scammers to return money stolen by business or government impersonation. Linus Media Group was victimized by a thief who pretended to be a potential sponsor and managed to take over three of the company’s YouTube channels. The agency is also taking public comment until April 30th on changes to the rule that would allow it to also target impersonation of individuals, such as through the use of video deepfakes or AI voice cloning.
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