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# FTC Warning Letters About Review Abuses
- URL: https://www.nearmedia.co/ftc-warning-letters-about-review-abuses/
- Published: 2026-04-23T19:01:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T19:01:36.000Z
- Description: 10 letters to the offending companies and details about the review violations committed
- Author: Near Media

[FTC Warning LettersWarning letters to each offender including violationsmaterial-for-release-2026-00567.pdf17 MBdownload-circle](https://www.nearmedia.co/content/files/2026/04/material-for-release-2026-00567.pdf "Download")

| Business Name                                                             | City              | Prohibited Practice                                                                                                                                                                                  | Category            |  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |  |
| Provident CPAS PLC                                                        | Tulsa, Ok         | Providing a $100 fee discount to customers in exchange for the customer posting a 5-star Google review.                                                                                              | CPA                 |  |
| Glasheen, 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     |  |
| Craig 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     |  |
| Emerson 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     |  |
| Somerset 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 |  |
| Weidner 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 |  |
| Hortenstine 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 |  |
| Tec 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 |  |
| 10 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 |  |
| Allview 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 |  |