Kevin Mark Trudeau born February 6, 1963) is an American writer, seller, and craze enthusiast, known for his fraudulent promotional book and a legal case that has resulted. His ubiquitous ubiquitous promoting his books full of health, diet, and unfounded financial recovery made him lucky, and finally, imprisoned.
In the early 1990s, Trudeau was convicted for theft and credit card fraud. In 1998, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused him of greatly misinterpreting the contents of his book, The Weight-Loss Cure "Them" Not Want You to Know About . In the 2004 settlement, he agreed to pay a $ 500,000 fine and stop marketing all products except his book, which is protected by the First Amendment. However, in 2011, he was fined $ 37.6 million for violating the settlements of 2004, and was ordered to post $ 2 million in bonds before engaging in future infomercial advertising. In 2013, facing further prosecutions for breach of the 2011 agreement and non-payment decision of $ 37 million, Trudeau filed for bankruptcy protection. His claims about bankruptcy were challenged by FTC lawyers, who claimed he hid money in shell companies, and cited examples of continuous luxury spending, such as $ 359 for haircuts.
In November 2013, Trudeau was convicted of criminal defamation, and is currently serving a 10-year sentence at the Federal Jail Camp in Alabama. The infomercial, starring Trudeau and promoting his books - under the auspices of the privately owned California privately held company - continues to air regularly on US television stations.
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Trudeau grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts, the adopted son of Robert and Mary Trudeau. He attended St. Peter's College. Mary in Lynn, where she was voted "Most Likely for Success" by the 1981 class.
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Careers
After high school Trudeau became a used car salesman, then joined a series of seminars, selling memory improvement techniques. In 1990, he pleaded guilty for depositing $ 80,000 in a worthless check and imitating a doctor, but he served, he said, for less than 30 days. In 1991, he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of credit card fraud and spent two years in federal prison. After being released in 1993, Trudeau joined a multi-level marketing company, Nutrition for Life. The company succeeds until the Illinois Attorney General alleges that it runs a pyramid scheme. Trudeau and Nutrition for Life solve cases filed by the state of Illinois, and seven other US states, for US $ 185,000.
Furthermore, Trudeau was produced and appeared in a series of late-night infomercial television broadcasts throughout North America. They promote a variety of products, including health aids, dietary supplements (such as coral calcium), baldness cures, addiction treatments, memory enhancement courses, read-reading programs and real estate investment strategies. The FTC takes regulatory action against Trudeau, alleging that its broadcast contains unproved claims and misstatements. In 1998, he was fined. In 2004, he resolved the act of defamation arising out of the same case by agreeing to a settlement that included the payment of a $ 2 million fine and a further prohibition of use of infomercials to promote any product other than a publication covered by the First Amendment.
In 2004, Trudeau began writing books and promoting them with infomercials in the US. The first book he published was a medical guide titled Natural Cures "They" Do not Want You to Know About , published in 2005. The book was criticized for not containing natural remedies. Trudeau claims that he can not enter them because of threats by the FTC. The book became a bestseller selling 5 million copies.
Two years later, Trudeau published a second medical book entitled More Natural Cures Revealed: The Censored Product Name Censored Prior to Curing the Disease (ISBN: 0-9755995-4-2). According to Trudeau, the book identifies brand products that will cure diseases. Trudeau's book claims that animals in the wild rarely develop degenerative conditions such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, and many diseases are caused not by viruses or bacteria, but by an imbalance in vital energy. Science writer Christopher Wanjek criticized and rejected many of these claims in the health column of July 25, 2006 LiveScience.com.
Trudeau went on to publish Weight Loss Drugs "They" Do not Want You to Know About and Debt Drugs "They" Do not Want You to Know About . His writing has been commercially successful if not factual. In September 2005, Natural Cures was listed in New York Times as the number one nonfiction sales book in the United States for 25 weeks. It has sold over five million copies.
Trudeau launched a self-titled Internet radio talk show in February 2009 which also aired on several small radio stations consisting of most of the mediated programs.
Personal life
Trudeau has been married at least three times. Little is known about his first marriage, to Oleksandra Polozhentseva, an immigrant from Ukraine. Her second union, in 2007, to Kristine Dorow, a Norwegian student she met in London, ended with a cancellation after four months. In 2008 he married Natalya Babenko, another Ukrainian, who currently runs several companies before. He has returned to his home in Kiev, according to Trudeau.
Publications
Natural Cures " They "Do not Want You to Know About
In 2004, Trudeau published his own book Natural Cures "They" Do not Want You to Know About , where he made a number of unproven claims - for example, the sun did not cause cancer. , sunscreen is one of the leading causes of skin cancer, and that AIDS is a hoax designed as a reason to stimulate drug use. Trudeau further suggests - again without documentation - that various "natural remedies" for serious illnesses, including cancer, herpes, arthritis, AIDS, acid reflux, various phobias, depression, obesity, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, attention deficit disorder, and muscular dystrophy, have been deliberately hidden from the public by the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and major food and drug companies. In one widely cited example, he asserted that the University of Calgary had developed a "natural" diabetes treatment, then canceled its data, fearing retaliation from the pharmaceutical industry. (A spokesperson for the school told ABC News that "no human studies have been done at the University of Calgary in the last 20 years on herbal remedies for diabetes." The university then sends Trudeau a "stop and stop" letter, ordering it to stop using his name.) Rose Shapiro quotes Natural Cures as a prime example in his book, Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All.
Natural Cures sold out quickly due to aggressive infomercial promotions. Quackwatch and other internet surveillance sites warn that infomercials themselves are "misleading". In a 2005 public warning from the New York State Consumer Protection Agency, CPB Chairman Teresa A. Santiago warned that Natural Cures did not contain the actual drug, only "speculation". Cures are promised, but only by subscribing to Trudeau newsletter or website with $ 71.40 per year or $ 499 for "lifetime membership". Pay sites only contain additional speculations that are not verified, according to the CPB. The Chicago Tribune also notes that the back-cover support acknowledged by former FDA commissioner Herbert Ley - who died three years before the book was written - is actually a quote from a 35-year-old New York interview Times .
More Natural Cures Revealed
Following Natural Cures "They" Do not Want You to Know About , Trudeau released a second medical guide two years later. The second book is self-published and titled More Natural Cures Revealed: The Product Name of the Censored Brand Trademark.
This book is a publication similar to the first, in which he intends to explain why drug and food companies hide the truth about how their product can cause illness. In More Natural Cures Revealed , Trudeau writes that workers at the FDA and FTC want to censor it and, figuratively, burn their books. Although this book received negative comments from some reviewers, it received an average rating on Amazon and GoodReads.com.
The Weight Loss Cure "Them "Do not Want You to Know About
In April 2007, Trudeau released The Weight Loss Cure "They" Do not Want You to Know About . This book describes the weight loss plan originally proposed by British endocrinologist ATW Simeons in the 1950s that involved injecting human chorionic gonadotropins. Diet was criticized in 1962 by the Journal of the American Medical Association as harmful to human health and wasting money. In 1976, the FTC ordered clinics and promoters of Simeons Diet and hCG to inform prospective patients that there was "no substantial evidence" to conclude that hCG offers any of the above benefits achieved on a restricted calorie diet. Clinical trial trials published by the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that hCG is not as effective as weight-loss aid, arguing "there is no statistically significant difference in the means of both groups" and that hCG " improve the effectiveness of stiffly charged regimens to reduce weight. "
The FTC has filed an act of contempt in court against Trudeau on allegations that the alleged wrongdoing in the book violated the 2004 approval order. Debt Cures "They" Don "Debt Cures" They "Don Do You Want To Know About
Debt Cures was published in 2007 and has been marketed on television. Chuck Jaffee, a columnist at CBS MarketWatch, stated: "To be honest, most of the information (in the book) is available in personal finance columns that you can find online or in books available at your local library." Trudeau says that if readers disagree with items on their credit report, they can deny it as identity theft; this is the "miracle cure" of the title of the book.
Trudeau sometimes names honorable names throughout his book to expand his credibility, such as Hazel Valera, Executive Director of the California-based nonprofit, Clear Credit Exchange; US Senate (D-MA) and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren; and Robert Hinsley of Consumer Defense, but none of those mentioned have ever been interviewed by Trudeau.
Your Desire Is Your Command
Published in 2009, the product says provides tools on how to use the Law of Attraction to realize the reader's desires. The package also says it contains key links to use Law of Attraction that is not in other publications. Among the claims made in related infomercials is Trudeau's statement that almost failed to get out of high school. He also said he was "taken" by a mysterious group called "The Brotherhood" who taught him the secret he now announces in his book. There is also an invitation to join the now-dead "Global Information Network", "an exclusive group of highly influential, prosperous, and freedom-oriented people" (see below). The network is operated from the Caribbean island of Nevis and uses the Law of Attraction as its main wealth producer, a concept considered by most of the scientific community as the best pseudosain.
Media interview
Trudeau has been interviewed by CNN's Paula Zahn, Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show, and Harry Smith from CBS's The Early Show . Trudeau is also the subject of an investigative report by Inside Edition
Infomercial
At one time, Trudeau was a productive producer of infomercials. He approved the FTC ban applies to all but publications that the FTC concluded would violate the rights of the First Amendment. All subsequent infomercials advertise his books Natural Cures "They" Do not Want You to Know About and The Weight Loss Cure . Notable co-hosts include Leigh Valentine (ex-wife televangelist Robert Tilton) and the late Tammy Faye Messner (former Tammy Faye Bakker).
Pharmaceutical companies
Trudeau offers conspiracy theories, saying that the drug industry and FDA are working with each other to effectively deceive the public by banning natural remedies to protect drug industry profits. Trudeau said that FDA commissioners who left the FDA to work in big drug companies were paid millions of dollars. In other industries, according to Trudeau, this would be called "bribe", "conflict of interest" or "payment". Trudeau also said in his infomercial that the food industry includes chemicals (such as MSG and aspartame) to make people "addicted to food" and "make people fat."
References to scientific studies
One of the main complaints about Trudeau's infomercials is that he makes only vague references to scientific studies, making them impossible to check his accuracy. The same criticism exists for the anecdotal evidence he presents in infomercials. He does not identify the person he claims to have been cured by his method. For example, he told a story in an ad about "a friend from England" who came to his house and complained of heartburn. He also referred to studies conducted on the antidepressant qualities of St. John's Wort compared to two prescribed medications. These studies, suggested by informants, are identified in books advertised for sale, but none of his books provide such evidence. In an interview, he explained that he could not reveal the source of his material because of "FTC suppression"; but readers can join their website, where, for $ 9.99 per month or $ 499 for life, they can gain access to a special member-specific section from which they can email it for that information.
News article
A pair of 2005 Associated Press articles by Candice Choi about infomercials outlining the successes and problems of the program. Choi said that by repeatedly naming government sanctions against him, Trudeau "anticipates any reaction to his cuckoo conspiracy theory" and can partially deflect any criticism of himself or his infomercial. The use of Trudeau's "drug" is a problem for regulators. Also, bookstores are surveyed on their decision to sell or not to sell self-published and controversial books.
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Audio recording: "Mega Memory"
Trudeau said he adapted the techniques used to improve blind and mentally challenged memory to create Mega Memory and Advanced Mega Memory audio tapes. The promotion of memory enhancement products is terminated by the intervention of the Federal Trade Commission which alleges that claims made by Trudeau are wrong and the program involved will not allow users to achieve "photographic memory", as advertised claims.
Trudeau uses the research Dr. Michael Van Masters with School for the Blind in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1975 as the foundation of Mega Memory products. Trudeau sold the car in Neponset Lincoln Mercury in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston in 1982 when he first met Van Masters. Shortly after meeting Van Masters, Trudeau joined Van Masters in the memory business in Chicago.
Non-surgical face surgery
In addition to Natural Cures , Trudeau also hosts infomercials that feature the "Perfect Lift" non-surgical facelift. In the UK, these infomercials are found to be in violation of the ITC advertising rules.
In 2008, Trudeau began broadcasting other infomercials, for a product called Firmalift, with Leigh Valentine.
Trudeau Partners with Donald Barrett and ITV Direct
On September 11, 2006, Donald Barrett and ITV Direct, a direct marketing company based in Beverly, Massachusetts, announced that they have partnered with Trudeau to market their two books of Natural Cures . Trudeau also works with ITV to create ITV Ventures, a new MLM group based in the ITV home office. In December 2006, ITV Direct has withdrawn all information about this partnership and Trudeau's books from its corporate website; However, the infomercials continued for several years afterwards.
International Pool Tour
In 2005, Trudeau established the International Pool Tour (IPT). The goal is to turn billiards into a "premier league" sport with the greatest aggressive promotion and wallet ever offered. The first three events in 2005 and early 2006 were successful, but at the fourth, the IPT World Open tournament in Reno, Nevada, the promoter announced that they did not have enough funds to cover the wallet. Winners are confident that they will receive their rewards in small installments, but most are never paid. Reno's failure marks death not only of IPT, but a professional pool competition as a whole. As one commentator put it, "The nomad in the pond was not killed by a single suspect, but the last person holding the knife was Kevin Trudeau."
Legal process
In connection with his promotional activities, he has had criminal convictions and has been a defendant who failed in several Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuits. Trudeau has been accused several times by US government agencies for making claims without evidence. In these cases Trudeau signed a consent letter in which he did not plead guilty but agreed to stop making a claim and pay a fine. Trudeau then began selling books, which were protected by the First Amendment.
Trudeau was convicted of fraud and theft in the early 1990s. The FTC has sued it repeatedly and kept extensive records of the conflict with it. The present court order limits its ability to promote and sell any product or service; however, it is permitted to promote books and other publications for the protection of free speech under the First Amendment as long as it is not used to promote or sell products or services and does not contain misstatements. On November 19, 2007, the court found Trudeau insulting the court order for making a deceptive claim about his book The Weight Loss Cure "They" Do not Want You to Know About . In August 2008, he was fined more than $ 5 million and banned from infomercials for three years for continuing to make false claims relating to the book. The amount of monetary damages then increased to $ 37 million.
1990-1991: Larceny and credit card fraud
In 1990, Trudeau served as a doctor to deposit $ 80,000 in fake checks, and in 1991 he pleaded guilty to theft. That same year, Trudeau faced allegations of federal credit card fraud after he stole names and Social Security numbers from eleven customers from a mega memory product and charged $ 122,735.68 on their credit card. He spent two years in a federal prison for this belief. Then, in an interview, he explains his crime as:
... young carelessness and not as bad as they claim, and besides, both are some of the faults of others, and besides, he has changed. Larceny which he described as a series of mathematical errors was exacerbated by the "faults" of a bank official. As for why the bank thinks he is a doctor, it's just a simple misunderstanding, because he jokingly calls himself a "doctor in memory". He still can not believe he was prosecuted for alleged theft. "Give me a break," he said.
1996: SEC and various countries
Trudeau started working for Nutrition For Life, a multi-level marketing program, in the mid-1990s. In 1996, his recruitment practices were cited by the states of Illinois and Michigan, as well as the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Illinois sued Trudeau and his colleague Jules Leib, accusing them of operating an illegal pyramid scheme. They settled with Illinois and seven other states for $ 185,000 after agreeing to change their tactics. Michigan forbade it to operate in the state. A class action lawsuit filed by a shareholder of Nutrition for Life for violations of Texas law, including misrepresenting and/or omitting material information about the business of Nutrition for Life International, Inc. In August 1997, the company paid $ 2 million in cash to the common shareholder and the letter holder during the class period to settle the case. The company also paid a plaintiff's attorney fee of $ 600,000.
1998: FTC fine
In 1998, Trudeau was fined $ 500,000, funds to be used for consumer compensation by the FTC, relating to the six infomercials he produced and where the FTC decides he has made false or misleading claims. These infomercials include "Hair Farming," "Mega Memory System," "Addiction System Addiction," "Action Reading," "Eden's Secret," and "Mega Reading." Its products include a "hair farming system" that should "eventually end baldness in the human race," and "a breakthrough that in 60 seconds can eliminate" addiction, is found when certain "Dr. Callahan" is studying quantum physics.
2004: FTC contempt of court and injunct
In June 2003, the FTC filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Trudeau and some of its companies (Shop America (USA), LLC, Shop America Marketing Group, LLC and Media Global Trustar, Limited), claiming that disease-related claims Coral Calcium Supreme is wrong and unfounded. In July 2003, Trudeau signed a preliminary stipulated decision that forbade him to continue making challenging claims for Coral Calcium Supreme and Biotape.
In the summer of 2004, the court ruled that Trudeau insulted the court for violating a preliminary court order, because he had sent a direct mail and produced a claim forbidden to create advertising. The court ordered Trudeau to stop all marketing of coral calcium products.
In September 2004, Trudeau agreed to pay $ 2 million ($ 500,000 in cash plus the transfer of residential properties located in Ojai, California, and luxury vehicles) to resolve allegations that he falsely claimed that coral calcium products could cure cancer and disease other serious and that the analgesic called Biotape can heal or permanently eliminate the pain permanently. He also approved a lifetime ban to promote products using infomercials, but excludes restrictions to promote his book through infomercials. Trudeau is the only person ever banned by the FTC for selling products on television. Lydia Parnes, speaking for the FTC's Consumer Protection Bureau stated: "This prohibition is intended to stop the infomercial kingdom that has misled American consumers for years." Trudeau claims that the government is trying to discredit his book because he "exposes them."
2005: Trudeau v. FTC
On February 28, 2005, Trudeau filed a complaint against the FTC in the US District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a declaration and redress. Trudeau also filed a motion for a preliminary court order, which was rejected by the court.
The complaint alleges that the FTC has responded to its criticism of the agency by issuing a press release that is falsely characterized and deliberately and deliberately misrepresenting the Final Order of 2004. That behavior, Trudeau insists, surpasses FTC authorities under 15 US. Ã, § 46 (f) and violating the First Amendment. The FTC responds with a motion to dismiss the complaint due to the lack of jurisdiction of subjects under the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 (b) (1), and for the failure to express a relief claim may be granted under Rule 12 (b) (6).
The district court granted the FTC motion to be dismissed. First, the court concludes that they do not have material jurisdiction because the press release is not a "final agent action" "under" section 704 of the [Administrative Procedure Law] ", 5 USC Ã, § 704. Secondly, the court stated," in alternatives, that Trudeau's claims failed to state the cause of appropriate action as a matter of law. "
Trudeau then filed an unsuccessful appeal in reversing the court's decision.
2005: Trudeau v. The New York Consumer Protection Board
Trudeau filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2005, accusing the State Consumer Protection Agency of New York violating First Amendment rights by contacting television stations in New York state and urging them to withdraw infomercials Trudeau promotes his book Natural Cures They Do not Want You to Know About . Trudeau won a temporary restraining order on 6 September 2005 which prohibited the Council from sending letters to television stations. The temporary restraining order is replaced by a preliminary court order. However, Trudeau lost the motion because the Council sent a "corrective letter" to the television station and then dropped all claims for monetary damages. The case is still in court.
2007: FTC contempt of court action
The FTC filed a humiliation of court action against Trudeau and companies marketing the Weight Loss Drugs They Do not Want to Know About You, alleging that Trudeau hated a 2004 court order by "Fraudulently claiming in its infomercial that the advertised book sets an easy 'weight loss' protocol to follow. " The action was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on September 17, 2007. According to the FTC press release, Trudeau claims that the weight-loss plan outlined in the book is easy, workable at home, and readers can eat whatever they want. When consumers buy books, they find it describes complex plans that require intense diets, daily injections of prescription drugs that are not easy to obtain, and lifetime dietary restrictions.
On November 19, 2007, Trudeau was found in contempt of a 2004 court order for a "false" claim in his book. US District Court Judge Robert W. Gettleman ruled that Trudeau "clearly misrepresented in his ad the dietary difficulties described in his book, and thus, he has misled thousands of consumers." On August 7, 2008, Gettleman issued an order that Trudeau should not appear in infomercials for any product he or she interested in, for three years from the date of the order; and paid a $ 5,173,000 fine, the royalty estimate received from the book weight. On November 4, 2008, Gettleman changed the verdict to $ 37,616,161, the amount consumers paid in response to fraudulent infomercials. The court rejected Trudeau's request to reconsider or defend this decision on December 11 of the same year.
Trudeau appealed the verdict to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that upheld the findings of the insult, but sent the case back to the lower courts to explain the basis of the $ 37.616.161 damage finding and a three-year commercial ban. After a lower court justifying the basis for damage findings, and setting a $ 2 million performance bond for future infomercial advertising, Trudeau again appealed to the Seventh Circuit, which confirms the damage award on November 29, 2011.
2010: Arrest of criminal charges against court action
On February 11, 2010, Trudeau was arrested and appeared in the US District Court before Gettleman for criminal prosecution after he "asked his supporters to send an email to a federal judge overseeing a pending civil case filed against him by the Federal Trade Commission." He was forced to hand over his passport, pay $ 50,000 in bonds and be warned he could face future prisons for disrupting direct court proceedings. On February 17, Gettleman sentenced Trudeau to 30 days in jail and seizure of $ 50,000 bonds. Trudeau's famous critic, Stephen Barrett, creator of Quackwatch.org, "has been calling Trudeau fraud for years" and quoted: "He struck me as someone who (believed him) was omnipotent, meaning no one could touch him," Barrett said.. "That almost happened." Trudeau appealed against the verdict and on May 20 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted the motion, rejecting the quote of contempt.
2011: Loss of appeal against a $ 37.6m fine
On November 28, 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning to a company selling human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) as a weight-loss product because the claim is not supported. The HCG diet was popularized by Trudeau The Weight-Loss Cure "They" Do not Want You to Know About the book in 2007.
On 29 November 2011, Trudeau lost in 2010 appeal in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found that a $ 37.6 million fine for violating the beginning of 2004 with the Federal Trade Commission was appropriate when Trudeau had aired 32,000 ads and described the figure as "conservative." The court considered the sale of only 800 numbers used to place orders and exclude the internet and store sales. In addition, the court found that requiring Trudeau to make a $ 2 million performance bond before participating in infomercials is constitutional.
2013-2015: Additional contempt citations, asset concealment, imprisonment
In September 2013, Judge Robert Gettleman held Trudeau in civil disgrace for violating several court orders and the failure to pay a $ 37 million penalty judged in 2010. Noting that he continues to maintain a luxurious lifestyle, despite insisting that he has "absolutely Finally, Gettleman appoints the recipient to identify and catalog Trudeau's assets and holdings. A month later Trudeau was arrested after refusing to cooperate with the recipient's inquiry. In November the jury found him in criminal humiliation for repeated violations of the 2004 agreement as well as subsequent defense orders and agreements. While awaiting punishment, he was held without warranties as a flight risk, and due to failure to reveal hidden assets.
In February 2014, the court-appointed recipient announced that a number of known Trudeau assets, including a house in Ojai, California, would be auctioned off, with the results to be applied against the unpaid fines and compensation. The recipient is also in charge of the Trudeau Global Information Network (GIN), Nevis-based "secret club" that has promised an incredible "secret of success". Court officials told GIN members that the club's business model "is likely to be as large as an illegal pyramid scheme," and that the published non-stop group of 30 billionaire financial advisors known as "GIN Council" does not exist. GIN's remaining assets are then auctioned off as well.
In March 2014, Trudeau was sentenced to 10 years in prison, an "extraordinarily long term" term for an abominable belief. Judge Ronald Guzman, "visibly annoyed" by Trudeau's plea for leniency, described it as "a fraud to the point". "[Trudeau] has treated federal court orders as if they were just suggestions... or at most, obstacles to be ruled out, defeated or ignored," Guzman said. "Such behavior can not stand." Trudeau appealed, arguing that (a) Gettleman was wrong in deciding that Trudeau's mistake about the contents of Free Money "They" Do not Want You to Know About is an offense against the Order 2004 court; (b) that the district court misuses its policy when ordering it to pay compensation of $ 37.6 million; and (c) further misused his wisdom when it changed the Order of 2004 to ban him from participating in infomercials promoting his books. In February 2016, the federal appeals court found no basis for accepting Trudeau's claims, and ruled that the 10-year sentence was reasonable, given the "size of Trudeau's deception and the striking and repetitive nature of his controversial behavior."
Trudeau is currently serving his sentence at Federal Camp Prison Montgomery in Alabama. He retains an active Facebook page, where he collects donations for "defense funds" and compares his arrest with Nelson Mandela.
In April 2014, Guzman ordered that royalties be paid to Trudeau from the sale of his sustainable books - now owned by a California company called Free is My Favorite LLC, which bought the rights from Trudeau - forwarded to government-controlled trust and used for the payment of fines and compensation. Infomercials for Free Money "They" Do not Want You to Know About , are produced and marketed by Free is My Favorite LLC, continue to run on television stations across the United States. In October 2015, Gettleman approved a partial refund of about $ 8 million to more than 820,000 people who bought Weight Loss Drugs "They" Do not Want You to Know About .
Other critics
Medical experience
One common criticism by consumer groups is that Trudeau has no medical training. Trudeau replies that by not having such training, he is not biased against pharmaceutical companies and the FDA, and that medical doctors "are only taught how to write recipes" for "poison" and "cut off an anatomical piece."
Claim not proved
Trudeau was criticized for his inability to provide evidence to support his claim. Although he reads anecdotes, he never gives evidence that is evaluated by licensed medical practitioners. In cases where Trudeau has been asked to provide evidence, he has misinterpreted a medical study or cited a dubious or fictitious study. For example, Trudeau cites a 25-year-old study that does not involve natural cures for diabetes at the University of Calgary. When ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper confronts him on Nightline, Trudeau insists he has a copy of the research and will provide it; he never did. He later claimed in his infomercial that the university destroyed his findings to prevent retaliation from the pharmaceutical industry. In 2006, Calgary University officials announced in a public statement that none of Trudeau's claims about the university's research were correct, and that his lawyers had sent Trudeau a "stop and stop" letter, demanding that he stop associating himself with the school.
Fake support
In August 2005, the New York Consumer Protection Board warned consumers that Trudeau had used false claims of support for promoting his products, noting that the cover of Natural Cures included false support. Furthermore, NYCPB stated that Trudeau's television commercial "gives the wrong impression that Tammy Faye Messner is opposed to chemotherapy for 'natural medicine' in Trudeau's book." The representative for Messner before his death from cancer said it was not true and he started chemotherapy again.
The back cover includes the following quotation from Dr. Herbert Ley, a former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration who died three years before the book was written: "The thing that bothers me is that people think the FDA is protecting them." What the FDA does and what people think is doing is just as different from the night and daylight. "The statement, taken from a 1969 interview in the New York Times, was made in the context of Ley's resignation from his post as a result of many policy disputes.Prudeau's lawyer, David J. Bradford, said that this quote is not a false endorsement of a book by Ley, but rather a statement that is consistent with the purpose of this book.
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