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Company: NutriMost, LLC and NutriMost Doctors, LLC
Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: April 21, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The marketers of a weight-loss system advertised as using "breakthrough technology" and "personalized supplements" to help consumers permanently lose "20 to 40+ pounds in 40 days" without significantly cutting calories, agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the claims were deceptive and not supported by scientific evidence.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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