In the administration of this act, the Attorney General may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with respect to any method, act or practice deemed to be. Prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.Complaint Information. Please explain your complaint: Try to be brief, but be sure to tell WHAT happened, WHEN it happened and WHERE it happened. The Department may deny, suspend, condition or revoke a broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser or investment adviser representative registration. Report fraud, scams, and bad business practices at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Report identity theft at IdentityTheft.gov. Remittance transfer providers may be liable under the CFPA for deceptive marketing about the speed or cost of sending a remittance transfer. Bank under the Rhode Island Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The PUTPCPL provides consumers with a private cause of action for 21 categories of unfair or deceptive trade practices.