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  "description": "10 letters to the offending companies and details about the review violations committed",
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  "textContent": "FTC Warning LettersWarning letters to each offender including violationsmaterial-for-release-2026-00567.pdf17 MBdownload-circle\n\nBusiness Name| City| Prohibited Practice| Category|\n---|---|---|---|---\nProvident CPAS PLC| Tulsa, Ok| Providing a $100 fee discount to customers in exchange for the customer posting a 5-star Google review.| CPA|\nGlasheen, Valles & Inderman, LLP| Lubbock, Tx| Providing a $50 gift card incentive to employees in exchange for each 5-star review obtained from family or friends who were not clients and had no actual experience with the firm.| Personal Injury\nCraig Swapp and Associates| Sandy, UT| Providing a $50 bonus to employees for each 5-star review from non-clients (family/friends), and soliciting reviews at community events from individuals without actual experience with the firm. +1| Personal Injury\nEmerson Straw PL| St. Pete, FL| Providing a $50 gift card incentive to employees in exchange for each 5-star review obtained from family or friends who were not clients and had no actual experience with the firm.| Personal Injury\nSomerset Apartment Management, LLC (d/b/a Sandhurst Apartment Management)| Charlotte, NC| Conditioning entry into a raffle for a 50-inch TV on a tenant's submission of a 5-star review, and allowing unlimited raffle entries for each positive review. | Property Management\nWeidner Property Management LLC| Kirkland, WA| Conditioning entry into a raffle for a choice of a $500 gift card or $500 rent discount on a tenant's submission of a 5-star review.| Property Management\nHortenstine Properties, LLC (d/b/a Lincolnshire Apartments)| Mattoon, IL| Providing a $15 lease credit to tenants in exchange for the tenant posting a 5-star Google review of the apartment complex.| Property Management\nTec Management, L.C. (Hilltop Towers)| South Ogden, UT| Conditioning a $25 account credit and entry into a raffle for a $300 gift card and 1-year Sam's Club membership on a tenant's submission of a 4- or 5-star review.| Property Management\n10 Stars Property Management LLC| Pinellas Park, FL| Providing lease fee discounts to prospective and current tenants in exchange for their publishing a 5-star Google review.| Property Management\nAllview Real Estate| Newport Beach, CA| Providing $10 Starbucks gift cards to tenants in exchange for their publishing 5-star Google or Yelp reviews.| Property Management",
  "title": "FTC Warning Letters About Review Abuses",
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