NutraClick LLC to Pay $1.04 Million and Agree to Negative Option Marketing Ban To Settle FTC Allegations That it Violated 2016 Court Order

Boston-based supplement marketer NutraClick LLC and its two officers have agreed to pay $1.04 million and be banned from negative option marketing in order to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the companys deceptive sales and billing practices violated federal law and a 2016 federal court order from a prior FTC case.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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Corporate crime, Federal Trade Commission, Economy, Articles, HeightMax, Government, BlueHippo Funding
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  • Boston-based supplement marketer NutraClick LLC and its two officers have agreed to pay $1.04 million and be banned from negative option marketing in order to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the companys deceptive sales and billing practices violated federal law and a 2016 federal court order from a prior FTC case.
  • The $1.04 million that the defendants will pay under the settlement represents 100 percent of the consumer harm they caused, as well as the total revenue made through their allegedly deceptive conduct.
  • The FTC may use it to provide refunds to consumers billed by NutraClick on the last day of the trial period.
  • The complaint and proposed orders were filed in the U.S. District Court for Central District of California.
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