Karina Basso  |  February 24, 2015

Category: Consumer News

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weight loss supplementOn Feb. 20, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the agency would be mailing refunds to more than 11,500 consumers who purchased diet pills of supplements marketed as “Fat Burning” or “Calorie Blocking.” Consumers should expect to receive these refund checks in the mail soon, and will have until April 21, 2015, to cash their refund. All together, the refund checks total to over $464,000.

These refunds are being paid to consumers from the 2014 Double Shot false advertisement settlement fund, which was set up by the Canadian manufacturer of the Double Shot Weight Regulator Capsule dietary supplement. The false advertising class action settlement resolves allegations that Double Shot’s manufacturer falsely claimed that their diet pill could cause consumers to experience rapid, substantial, and even permanent weight loss without the additional components of diet and exercise.

According to the FTC, during 2012 through October 2013 Double Shot was falsely advertised to U.S. consumers as a pill that would allow them lose 15 to 20 pounds a week, while still allowing users to eat whatever they want.

“These defendants made outrageous claims about their supposed weight-loss treatment, and encouraged overweight consumers to forgo diet and exercise,” according to the FTC. “This order should send a strong message that the Commission does not tolerate such fraudulent advertising.”

Additionally, the Double Shot’s manufacturer did business as “Freedom Center Against Obesity,” an organization supposedly located in California, although it was later discovered that the Freedom Center’s address given in all the Double Shot ads was reportedly the address of the manufacturer’s fulfillment house. The Double Shot diet pill’s advertising claimed to be based on the endorsement and research of Dr. Joseph Breechman, the supposed Director of Weight Loss Research for the Freedom Center Against Obesity.

Dr. Breechman was quoted in the mailed Double Shot diet pill ads, stating, “This plate of spaghetti has 720 calories! But when you take DOUBLE SHOT you will only absorb … 72 calories!” A full supply of Double Shot weight loss pills, which included blue “fat burning” pills and red “calorie blocking” pills, reportedly cost $79 and would allow a consumer to lose up to 30 lbs. Additionally, Double Shot advertisements falsely claimed that the diet pills efficacy had been proven in clinical studies.

In this Double Shot false advertising class action lawsuit, the FTC charged the Canadian manufacturer with spreading product claims that were false and unsupported, thus violating two sections of the FTC Act.

In addition to refunding consumers for the money spent on the diet pills, Double Shot’s manufacturer is also barred from manufacturing or marketing weight loss products of assisting other individuals or entities in doing so according to the Double Shot class action settlement.

The administrator for the Double Shot false advertising class action settlement has already begun mailing refund checks to eligible consumers. Class Members must cash these checks before April 21, or they will become void and they will be unable to recoup losses from their Double Shot purchases.

The Double Shot False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit is Federal Trade Commission v. Canada Inc., et al., Case No. 1:14-cv-02267-CCB, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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12 thoughts onDouble Shot Diet Pill Refund Checks in the Mail, FTC Reports

  1. Martha Weaver says:

    I purchased the double shot weight regulator pills for $80.00. They didn’t work and I would like a refund please.

  2. Martha Weaver says:

    I purchased the double shot pills for $80.00 and they don’t work. I would like a refund please

  3. Emily Mcjamerson says:

    I have not heard back about my request for a refu

    1. BRENDA says:

      ME EITHER,WILL UPDATE WHEN I DO.

  4. RM Howell says:

    this diet pill never worked. Had to do cardio o loose

  5. Emily Mcjamerson says:

    After using the afore mentioned diet pill, I had no loss of weight. I want to join the class-action suit .

    1. LUCKY says:

      WHY HAVEN’T ANYONE POSTED CHECK AMOUNT RECVD YET? I WONDER ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT

  6. nikki says:

    I purchased this as well, how do I get my refund? Thank youSomeday

  7. nikki says:

    I purchased this as well. Seen no results, how do I get a refund please, thank you.

  8. Kevin Kaley says:

    I purchased double shot for $80. How do i get a refund back? 2500 Lee Rd. #134 Winter Park fl 32789

  9. Debbie Coleman says:

    I purchased this for $80.00 Where can I write to for a refund. thank you

  10. Gwendolyn Rolax says:

    I also purchase the double shot pill for $79.00. Yes it is false advertising…How do I get a refund back.6639 Elwood Ave, Jacksonville, Fl 32208 Thank you

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