和解令禁止Wordsmart和(公司总裁)David A. Kay歪曲教育商品或服务的好处,并违反了该机构的电话销售销售规则(TSR)。…
The defendants’ allegedly false and unsubstantiated claims included that, by using WordSmart for a total of 20 hours, students were guaranteed to improve letter grades by at least one GPA point, SAT scores by at least 200 points, ACT scores by at least four points, GRE and GMAT scores by at least 100 points, and IQ scores. They also falsely claimed they would provide a full refund within 30 days if the buyer was not satisfied.
(Update: The FTC clarifies that what happened here is not literally a fine, which was the word used in the original headline. “Just wanted to point out that the FTC did not ‘fine’ this company,” writes a spokesman in an email. “We don’t have the authority to do that. The company agreed to pay this money to settle the FTC’s charges against them. In most cases like this, at least some of this money goes back to defrauded consumers.”)