A company that touted its online reviews without mentioning that it gave customers who wrote them a discount settled deceptive advertising charges with the Federal Trade Commission on Friday.

In the first case of its kind, FTC charged AmeriFreight, a broker that arranges the shipment of consumers’ cars, with failing to disclose that it gave $50 discounts to customers who posted reviews.

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