FTC Halts Invention Promotion Scheme Charged With Bilking Millions of Dollars from Consumers

Federal Trade Commission press release------- The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of an invention-promotion scam, World Patent Marketing, with deceiving consumers and suppressing complaints about the company by using threats of criminal prosecution against dissatisfied customers. At the FTC’s request, a federal court temporarily halted the Florida-based scheme and froze its assets pending litigation. The agency seeks to permanently stop the defendants’ practices and return money to consumers. To get more in depth information click on the picture below to read the release.