FTC Targets Phoenix Internet Marketer Selling Weight Loss Pills & Colon Cleansers
Arizona Republic: “A district court ordered a Phoenix internet marketer [Central Coast Nutraceuticals, Inc.] of weight loss pills and colon cleansers to temporarily halt business, after hearing Federal Trade Commission allegations of deceptive advertising and unfair billing practices that scammed consumers out of $30 million or more in 2009. . . . [The products sold online are] AcaiPure, an acai berry supplement, as a weight-loss product, and Colopure, a colon cleansing supplement,”
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