1 WILLIAM E. KOVACIC
General Counsel
2 ROSEMARY ROSSO
3 MAMIE KRESSES
Federal Trade Commission
4 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Mail Drop NJ-3212
5 Washington, D.C. 20580
Tel: (202) 326-2174
6 Fax: (202) 326-3259
7 KENNETH H. ABBE, Local Counsel
California Bar # 172416
8 Federal Trade Commission
10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
9 Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: (310) 824-4343
10 Fax: (310) 824-4380
11 Attorneys for Plaintiff,
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION
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15 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Hon.
16 Plaintiff, Civil Action No.
17 v. COMPLAINT FOR
18 A. GLENN BRASWELL, PERMANENT
JOL MANAGEMENT CO., INJUNCTION AND
19 G.B. DATA SYSTEMS, INC., OTHER EQUITABLE
GERO VITA INTERNATIONAL, INC., RELIEF
20 THERACEUTICALS, INC., and
RON TEPPER,
21 Defendants.
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24 Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"), through
25 its undersigned attorneys, for its Complaint alleges:
26 1. Plaintiff FTC brings this action under Section 13(b) of the Federal
27 Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), to secure a permanent
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1 injunction, restitution, disgorgement, and other equitable relief against Defendants
2 for engaging in deceptive acts or practices and false advertising in connection with
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
27 Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 53, to secure a permanent
the advertising, marketing, and sale of products purporting to treat, prevent, and or
impotence, in violation of Sections 5and 12 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45
16 prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.
20 proceedings to enjoin violations of the FTC Act and to secure such equitable relief,
27 out of the same California location and under the control of Braswell and Defendant
28 Ron Tepper, include, but are not limited to, Defendants JOL
Systems"), Gero Vita International, Inc., and Theraceuticals, Inc.
"Braswell Common Enterprise."
to the complaint, acting individually or in concert with others, he has formulated,
13 located at 330 Washington Boulevard, Marina Del Rey, California.
and marketing activities for the Defendants.
28 corporations, subsidiaries, and affiliates have advertised, labeled, offered for sale,
and mail advertising to these consumers.
purchasers receive multi-page advertisements that describe various medical
28 G.H.3, and Testerex, all marketed since at least 1998; ChitoPlex, marketed since at
Theraceuticals GH3 Romanian Youth Formula,
19 Act, 15 U.S.C. § 52, prohibits the dissemination of any false advertisement in or
26 connection with the marketing and sale of Lung Support, AntiBetic, G.H.3.
Defendants have represented, expressly or by implication, that Lung Support:
20 substantiated at the time the representations were made.
Deceptive Representations Regarding the Council on Natural Nutrition
based upon its senior scientific editors'
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