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Company: Teami LLC
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: March 6, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A marketer of teas and skincare products agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it promoted its products using deceptive health claims and endorsements by well-known social media influencers who did not adequately disclose that they were being paid to promote its products. The order imposed a $15.2 million judgment--the total sales of the challenged products--which will be suspended upon payment of $1 million, based on the defendants' inability to pay the full judgment.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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