How the funeral industry got the FTC to hide bad actors
02/13/24 at 03:00 AM
How the funeral industry got the FTC to hide bad actors
Wall Street Journal, by Dominique Mosbergen; 2/5/24
Mortuaries that violate fair-practices rules are allowed to take a remedial training program that shields their names from public scrutiny; WSJ investigation reveals more than 500 homes. Unethical funeral homes have exploited grieving customers for decades. What consumers don’t know is that many of the industry’s bad actors have been hidden from the public thanks to a sweetheart deal struck between the Federal Trade Commission and the funeral industry more than 25 years ago.