Supplement Marketers to Pay $4.5MM to Settle FTC Charges

Three direct marketers will have to fork over $4.5 million in cash and other assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their roles in the marketing two dietary supplements partly through the Internet and infomercials.

Pinnacle Marketing Concepts Inc. and its president, Thomas F. Cheng, and Utah-based Shawn M. Talbott