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Company: Advanced Patch Technologies, Inc.
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: March 10, 2004
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Marketers of the Peel Away the Pounds patch, which was widely advertised in infomercials, agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims in violation of the FTC Act. The settlement required the defendants collectively to pay more than $1 million in consumer redress, to stop making certain false weight loss claims, and to possess scientific substantiation before making other claims for any product, program or service that purportedly provides health benefits.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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