FTC refunds issued in April 2025: Who’s getting paid?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent the following refunds in April to consumers who qualify to benefit from settlements made with the agency to resolve various claims. 

BetterHelp refunds

The FTC sent a second round of refund checks to consumers who allegedly had their private data exposed by the mental health platform BetterHelp and who accepted a previous payment. 

The FTC refunds are part of a settlement made by BetterHelp to end claims that it shared its users’ private data with Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Criteo for advertising purposes. 

The FTC previously sent nearly $5.2 million in refunds to consumers in June 2024. It has now sent more than $2.6 million in remaining funds to more than 534,000 individuals who accepted that first round of payments. 

The BetterHelp settlement benefits a class of consumers who signed up and paid for services from a BetterHelp website between Aug. 1, 2017, and Dec. 3, 2020. 

Lifewatch refunds

The FTC has sent a third round of refund checks to consumers who paid for in-home medical alert devices from Lifewatch that were advertised as free and who cashed a previous check sent in September 2023. 

The FTC refunds are part of a settlement made by healthcare technology company Lifewatch to end claims it misled consumers by using robocalls and telemarketers to falsely advertise the medical alert systems as free. 

The FTC previously sent refund checks totaling more than $1.4 million in December 2021 and September 2023. The agency said its latest round of refunds — from money still remaining in the settlement fund — involves 19,125 checks totaling more than $277,000. 

Consumers who receive a refund check are asked to cash it within 90 days. 

The Bountiful Company refunds

The FTC has sent a second round of refund checks to consumers who purchased certain Nature’s Bounty and Sundown-brand vitamins and supplements from The Bountiful Company on Amazon.com and who accepted a previous refund payment. 

The FTC refunds are part of a settlement made by The Bountiful Company, which sells dietary supplements and related products. The settlement ends claims that the company abused the product rating and review system on Amazon.com to increase sales. 

The FTC previously sent more than $326,000 in refund checks in March 2024. The agency said that, since there was still money in the settlement fund, it decided to send an additional 19,832 refund checks — totaling more than $159,000 — to consumers who accepted the first payment. 

Consumers who receive a refund check are asked to cash it within 90 days. 

Publishers Clearing House refunds

The FTC is sending out payments to more than 547,000 consumers as part of a settlement with Publishers Clearing House (PCH), which allegedly used deceptive sweepstakes marketing tactics.

According to the FTC, PCH tricked consumers into believing they had to make a purchase or pay fees to increase their chances of winning sweepstakes prizes. The settlement requires PCH to pay $18.5 million, which the FTC is distributing as refunds.

Most consumers will receive a PayPal payment, while others will get a check in the mail. The FTC advises recipients to cash or deposit their checks within 90 days.

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