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Company: AVS Marketing, Inc.
Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2005
Date: June 20, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: AVS Marketing Inc. and its president agreed to pay $400,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they deceptively marketed a purported weight-loss pill called Himalayan Diet Breakthrough.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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