Every item in this module reflects real FTC enforcement action — it is a record of what has actually triggered fines for businesses, not a theoretical list of things that could go wrong. That distinction matters, because it means every red flag here has already been tested against a real investigation.
The material is organized into ten sections of ten red flags each, covering digital advertising practices, fake or manipulated reviews, and undisclosed endorsements — three of the areas where FTC Section 5 enforcement has been most active in recent years.
The risk scale documented here runs explicitly from Low exposure ($5,000-$50,000) to Critical exposure (over $100 million), with wire fraud charges carrying up to 20 years in prison once deceptive practice crosses into outright fraud. Framed against that range, the module positions itself plainly as the difference between a $500 compliance lesson and a $500,000 FTC problem.
For any business that advertises online — which today means nearly every business — this is presented as the one module in the library that is genuinely difficult to justify skipping.