FTC crashes tea party
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Federal Trade Commission orders $31.7 million judgement against health care companies for marketing an herbal tea with unsubstantiated claims and deceptively selling health care business opportunities. The defendants claimed an herbal tea they sold could prevent, treat or cure diseases including AIDS, diabetes, cancer and arthritis, FTC says. The defendants - Jeffrey W. McLain, his sons Alexander McLain and Victor McLain, and the firms Prophet 3H, Georgia Home Health Care License and Certification Institute, Healthcare State License and Certification Institute, and M7 Holdings - also conducted conferences to sell "bogus healthcare business ventures," FTC says Dec. 21...