FTC Settles With Defendants Marketing Allegedly Deceptive Biz Opps

The FTC sued the company in February 2025, alleging that consumers were deceived by false promises of significant income. The company allegedly offered numerous business opportunities, which failed to deliver promised results while costing consumers significant financial losses.  The amended complaint also alleges that consumers had trouble reaching customer support.

Named as defendants in the lawsuit were CEOs, the Operations Manager, the company and its related entities, and a relief defendant.   The FTC previously approved, and the court entered, a stipulated order settling its charges against one of the foregoing individuals in August 2025.

That order bans him from marketing or selling business opportunities, engaging in credit repair activities, and making misleading earning claims or assisting others in doing the same.  The order includes a judgment of $48,597,538 against him, which has been partially suspended upon his payment of $35,000 to the Commission.

The court orders announced this week settle the FTC’s charges against all remaining defendants in this case.

The first order binds the CEO individually and as an officer and/or owner of corporate entities.  The second order binds another corporate entity and an officer of the primary corporate entity, and the relief defendant.  Both orders possess similar conduct provisions, banning the defendants from selling and marketing—or assisting others in selling or marketing—business opportunities and from engaging in credit repair activities.  The orders also prohibit the defendants from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.

The orders also impose judgments of $48,597,538 against the defendants, which will be partially suspended based on their inability to pay. The first order requires the CEO to sell a range of assets, including his multimillion-dollar house, and liquidate his investment and bank accounts.  The proceeds of these transactions will be transferred to the Commission and will be used for consumer redress, according to the F

The second order above requires the liquidation of several assets including a Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari.  Relief defendant is required to transfer $43,000 to the Commission for its part in profiting from the defendants’ alleged unlawful conduct.

Richard is an FTC CID lawyer at Hinch Newman LLP.