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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Health Direct, Inc., Lipo-Slim, Inc. and Tactica International, Inc.
Penalty: $100,000
Year: 2000
Date: November 2, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Health Direct, Lipo-Slim and Tactica International agreed to pay $100,000 as part of the settlement of multistate litigation alleging they made unsubstantiated claims in the course of marketing a weight-loss device not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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