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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc.
Penalty: $300,000
Year: 2016
Date: May 24, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc. and company owner and President Lou Lentine agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive claims for Viatek-brand Mosquito Shield Bands. The Commission also charged Lentine and Viatek with violating a 2003 administrative order prohibiting Lentine from making product claims without competent and reliable evidence to back them up.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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