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The Federal Trade Commission's enforcement actions against companies marketing health products with unsupported claims.
Regulators have repeatedly moved against viral supplement scams: the FTC has sued, sent cease‑and‑desist letters, and won refunds or settlements, while the FDA has issued warning letters and worked wi...
No verifiable evidence shows Elon Musk has promoted a specific "brain health" supplement; instead, his name and likeness have been misused in fraudulent advertising and altered videos, while his publi...
In the last five years the Federal Trade Commission has repeatedly used cease-and-desist orders, consumer restitution programs, and public enforcement actions against supplement marketers making decep...
Scammers have increasingly used the names and likenesses of doctors — via fake endorsements, doctored videos and AI-generated “deepfakes” — to hawk weight‑loss supplements and counterfeit GLP‑1 altern...
Regulators and courts routinely respond to fraudulent health-supplement ads that misuse celebrity images with a mix of administrative enforcement, civil litigation, and platform-driven takedowns: the ...
The June 17, 2014 Senate subcommittee hearing publicly criticized Dr. Mehmet Oz for promoting weight‑loss products on his show that senators and regulators said lacked scientific support and were late...
Regulators have used a mix of warning letters, lawsuits, injunctions and public databases to stop chains and sellers marketing fake or impersonated health products, leaning especially on the FTC’s fal...
Since 2018 the Federal Trade Commission has continued a multi-pronged enforcement and policy campaign against companies that use fake celebrity endorsements to sell supplements—bringing lawsuits and c...
In the last five years the Federal Trade Commission has repeatedly pursued companies marketing products — including dietary supplements and at least one nerve‑pain device — with unsupported claims abo...