Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: United Fitness of America, LLC et al.
Penalty: $5,150,000
Year: 2003
Date: July 23, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: United Fitness of America, LLC; eBrands Commerce Group, LLC; Tristar Products, Inc.; and their principals agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that their Fast Abs belt did not produce "six pack" abs without exercise as they advertised.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Source of Data: (click here)
Archived Source: (click here)
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.