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Guests were to include Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth, and plenty of people bought tickets that included meet-and-greets with the stars, often costing multiple-hundreds of dollars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNmz_1NuE5o&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2UNywgWkItkFAzI13djNAKRWHUA5SF82zQMNLsyO2SEM06WEKyDTcAkZo THR reports that ACE Universe is suing GrowTix for breach of contract and fraud, accusing them of "stealing millions of dollars" of customer refunds, that ACE gave GrowTix[...]

Stephen Brown, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDW Media Holdings, has been accused by the New York Attorney General of multiple charges of fraud, including "Material Misrepresentations," "Repeated and Persistent Fraud and Illegality," "Actual Fraud," "Equitable Fraud," and "Constructive Fraud" in relation to his position with financial transaction startup Cardis, alleged by[...]

"But consumers should be able to trust their money will actually be spent on the project they funded." What can this mean for other Kickstarter campaigns that are negligent, or just extremely tardy?  From the FTC's website, the agency "stops unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices by collecting complaints and conducting investigations, suing companies and people[...]