FTC Stops Company From Charging $210 For Pills That “Burn Fat Without Diet Or Exercise” – Consumerist

Consumers who buy into a product that promises to let you lose weight while continuing to sit on the couch eating bonbons will likely lose more money than they will pounds. Such was the case for the customers of a dietary supplement company being shut down at the request of the Federal Trade Commission for making unsubstantiated health claims and signing consumers up for monthly charges without their knowledge.

The FTC announced today that it received a U.S. district court order to temporarily stop a group of marketers in Nevada and California from using allegedly deceptive tactics to sell green coffee bean extract and other dietary supplements.

According to the FTC complaint [PDF], Health Formulas, LLC, its related entities and principals in charge of the Simple Pure brand used telemarketing, the internet, print, radio and television advertisements to coax consumers into purchasing a variety of dietary supplements and other weight-loss, virility, muscle-building, or skin cream products sold under the names RKG Extreme and Pure Green Coffee Bean Plus.

FTC Stops Company From Charging $210 For Pills That “Burn Fat Without Diet Or Exercise” – Consumerist