Original Marketing, Inc., et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices; and Affirmative Corrective Actions

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In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the Florida-based corporation, two of its officers and an affiliated advertising agency from making performance or benefit claims for any weight-loss or weight-control product or program or acupressure device unless the claims are true and substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence. Also, the consent order prohibits the respondents from misrepresenting any endorsement or testimonial for any weight-loss or weight-control product or program or any acupressure device as representing the typical or ordinary experience of users. In addition, the respondents are required to pay refunds to purchasers of Acu-Stop 2000 who have previously returned it, or who return it within 90 days after the order is final, and the individual respondents are required to post a $300,000 performance bond, or to pay that amount into an escrow account, before marketing any weight-loss or weight-control product or program or any acupressure device.