Archive for October 30th, 2010

KABOOM! Federal Judge Was Right When He Ordered Marketers To Pay $48.2 Million In False-Advertising Case Brought By FTC, Appeals Panel Rules; ‘Complete Absence Of Support’ For Most Claims Made About Supreme Greens And Coral Calcium Dietary Supplements

KABOOM! Federal Judge Was Right When He Ordered Marketers To Pay $48.2 Million In False-Advertising Case Brought By FTC, Appeals Panel Rules; 'Complete Absence Of Support' For Most Claims Made About Supreme Greens And Coral Calcium Dietary Supplements

UPDATED 11:44 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) So, you want to tell customers that your products cure diseases ranging from cancer to Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis? And when critics and investigators and lawyers begin to ask tough questions, you want to deflect? And when a federal judge orders you to pay $48.2 million for making deceptive claims, […]

Fugitives Charged In Michigan Ponzi Scheme Captured By U.S. Marshals, Police In Tennessee; Rita Gosselin And Husband Had Been On The Lam Since April

Fugitives Charged In Michigan Ponzi Scheme Captured By U.S. Marshals, Police In Tennessee; Rita Gosselin And Husband Had Been On The Lam Since April

In December 2009, Rita Gosselin was indicted for racketeering in Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said she was at the helm of a real-estate Ponzi scheme involving promissory notes. In April 2010, Gosselin, 58, was alleged to have cut a monitoring device and fled the the state with her husband, Richard Gosselin, 62. The […]