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Monetary Relief Slim From Dietary Supplement Multi-level Marketer Operating Pyramid Scheme

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Federal judge found for FTC on all counts in its complaint against defendants linked to MLM selling Success By Health supplements through affiliates, or independent sales associates. But damages limited to $6,829 for five instances of rejecting consumer requests for refunds after shipping delay.

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A recent Federal Trade Commission enforcement in the US consumer health market, against a firm marketing dietary supplements and other products in its pyramid financial scheme, shows the agency's hamstrung without a tool it had used for decades to gain monetary relief in false advertising complaints.

An Arizona federal judge found in the FTC’s favor on all counts the agency included in its complaint against James...

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