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Company: Body Wise International, Inc.
Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: January 18, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission, the Orange County (California) District Attorney, and the California State Attorney General announced settlements with Body Wise International, Inc. resolving allegations that Body Wise deceptively advertised the AG-Immune dietary supplement, making claims that the product prevented or cured numerous diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS and asthma, in violation of a 1995 FTC order. The FTC's portion of the settlement required Body Wise to pay a $2 million civil penalty to the FTC.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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