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FTC Deceptive Advertising Complaint Settled<\/h1>\n
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By WholeFoods Magazine Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says a network of online marketers and the three people behind it have agreed to settle charges they sold more than 40 weight-loss, muscle-building, and wrinkle-reduction products to consumers using unsubstantiated health claims, fake magazine and news sites, bogus celebrity endorsements and phony consumer testimonials.<\/p>\n

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The FTC also alleges the defendants used deceptive offers of \u201cfree\u201d and \u201crisk-free\u201d trials, and automatically enrolled consumers without their consent in negative option auto-ship programs with additional monthly charges.<\/p>\n

The court order settling the charges imposes a judgment of $179 million, which is the amount FTC alleges consumers nationwide paid the defendants over a period of more than five years. The settlement of about $6.4 million will suspend the judgment, and bans the defendants from using deceptive marketing and billing tactics.<\/p>\n

Read full article and learn more about Deceptive Advertising here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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