Kinoki Foot Pads Deception
FTC Charges Marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads With Deceptive Advertising - Seeks Funds for Consumer Redress

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) charged the marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads with deceptive advertising on television and the Internet.

In advertisements, the marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads claimed that if consumers applied the Kinoki Foot Pads to the soles of their feet at night, they could

• remove heavy metals from their bodies
• remove metabolic wastes from their bodies
• remove toxins from their bodies
• remove parasites from their bodies
• remove chemicals from their bodies
• and remove cellulite from their bodies

The advertisements claimed that use of the foot pads could treat

• depression
• fatigue
• diabetes
• arthritis
• high blood pressure
• a weakened immune system
• and lead to weight loss

In the FTC complaint, the FTC charges that all the advertising claims either are false or did not have evidence to support them when they were made. The FTC seeks to bar the defendants permanently from deceptively marketing the foot pads. The FTC asks the court to order the defendants to provide monetary redress to consumers or otherwise give up their ill-gotten gains.

The complaint against Xacta 3000, Inc. also names individuals Yehuda ("Juda") Levin and Baruch Levin - both of whom were principals - as liable and culpable for the charges made in this case.

The Commission vote authorizing the staff to file the complaint was 4-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on January 27, 2009.
Source - http://www.ftc.gov