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Elk Grove Village, Ill., Bracelet Marketer Has Assets Frozen.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003
Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 3--A federal court has frozen the assets of an Elk Grove Village marketer for allegedly making false and unsubstantiated claims about a metal bracelet that purportedly relieves pain.
The temporary restraining order obtained by the Federal Trade Commission last week also prohibits QT Inc. from making any misleading or deceptive claims about its Q-Ray Bracelet in nationally televised infomercials.
"Essentially they're off the air," said C. Steven Baker, head of the FTC in the Midwest.
Baker said the company and affiliates Q-Ray Co. and Bio-Metal Inc. have made millions of dollars selling the electronically charged, or "ionized," bracelets at $50 to $250 apiece since at...
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