

AbTronic marketers: Hudson Berkley Corporation, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and also doing business as Hudson Berkeley, Inc., and its officer and director, Matthias Granic Bismarck Labs Corporation, based in Palm Springs, California and also doing business as BLC Bismarck Labs Corporation TMI Tricom Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation CCI CAD CAM Industries Ltd., Inc., located in Hong Kong and Bernd Ebert, a director and officer of BLC, managing director of TMI, and president of CCI and.AB Energizer marketers: Electronic Products Distribution, L.L.C., based in San Diego, California, and its general partners, Thomas Nelson and Holly Hernandez, also known as Holly Bryan Energizer Products, Inc., based in Tarzana, California Ab Energizer, L.L.C., based in San Diego, California and AbFlex USA, Inc., also located in San Diego, and its president, Martin Van Der Hoeven.The FTC filed three separate complaints against the following defendants: The only winning combination is changing your diet and exercise." "Unfortunately, there are no magic pills, potions, or pulsators for losing weight and getting into shape. "For years, marketers of diet and exercise products have been preying on overweight, out-of-shape consumers by hawking false hope in a pill, false hope in a bottle, and, now, in a belt," said FTC Chairman Timothy J. The FTC alleges that the marketers of the devices, which use electronic muscle stimulation (EMS), have falsely advertised that users will get "six pack" or "washboard" abs without exercise. These are the types of claims the Federal Trade Commission has challenged in complaints filed in federal district courts against three widely advertised electronic abdominal exercise belts - AB Energizer, AbTronic, and Fast Abs. About the FTC Show/hide About the FTC menu items.News and Events Show/hide News and Events menu items.Advice and Guidance Show/hide Advice and Guidance menu items.

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