Handy Technologies, Inc.

What is alleged

The FTC, together with New York Attorney General Letitia James, brought an action in the Southern District of New York against Handy Technologies, Inc., which currently does business as Angi Services.

The complaint charges that Handy peppered its advertisements with earnings claims that do not reflect the reality for the overwhelming majority of workers on its platform.

It further charges that Handy failed to clearly disclose fees and fines, and that those charges led to millions of dollars being withheld from workers.

Why a gig platform sits on this site

The people harmed here were not clients buying a service. They were the workers delivering it, recruited on a stated earning potential most of them would never reach, then charged fees and fines they had not clearly agreed to.

That is the same structure as every business-opportunity entry in this database, turned around. In those, someone pays up front for promised income that does not arrive. Here, someone works for promised income that does not arrive, and pays through deductions instead of a cheque.

Anyone recruiting contractors on advertised earnings figures should read the remedy, not just the allegation.

Outcome

Under the proposed settlement order Handy turns over $2.95 million for refunds to harmed workers, and must make substantial changes so that:

• workers give clear consent to any fee the company charges them, and
• the company gives workers clear direction on how to avoid fines.

In July 2026 the FTC announced it had sent more than $2.7 million to people harmed.

Note the ratio here, which is unusual on this site. Nearly all of the settlement reached the people affected, because the harm was measurable from the company’s own deduction records. Compare that with the entries where consumers paid an operator directly and recovery ran at pennies on the dollar.

What is not established

Allegations in a complaint are the government’s case rather than findings of fact, and a settlement resolves them without any admission of wrongdoing.

We have not yet contacted Handy Technologies or Angi for comment. When we do, the attempt and any response will appear on this entry.