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Case Status
Pending
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff v. LEGION MEDIA LLC, a limited liability company; KP COMMERCE INC., also doing business as BOTANICAL FARMS, BUY BLISS BRANDS, BUY SUPREME CBD, BUY TRIPLEX BOOST, OPTIMAL MAX TRULY BOOST, OPTIMAL MAX, TRULY BOOST KETO, TRULY KETO, TRULY MAX BRANDS, TRULY TOTAL HEALTH, TRULY TOTAL KETO, and TRULY MAX BRANDS, a limited liability company; PINNACLE PAYMENTS LLC, also doing business as CHALLENGE BODY MIND and FITNESS PRO, a limited liability company; SLOAN HEALTH PRODUCTS LLC, a limited liability company; HARSHIL TOPIWALA, individually and as an owner and officer of LEGION MEDIA LLC, KP COMMERCE LLC, and PINNACLE PAYMENTS LLC; KIRTAN PATEL, also known as KITS PATEL, individually and as an owner of KP COMMERCE LLC and PINNACLE PAYMENTS LLC; and MANINDRA GARG, individually and as a principal and owner of SLOAN HEALTH PRODUCTS LLC, Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
242 3034
Civil Action Number
8:24-cv-1459
Enforcement Type
Civil Penalties
Federal Injunctions
Federal Court
Middle District of Florida
Case Summary
In July 2024, a U.S. district court in central Florida unsealed a Federal Trade Commission complaint charging two related groups of defendants with defrauding consumers nationwide by enrolling them, without their knowledge, into continuity plans where they are shipped and charged repeatedly for personal care products that they did not agree to purchase.
The defendants allegedly deceived consumers with ads for “free” CBD and Keto-related personal care products, billing many for products they did not consent to purchase, signing many up for unwanted continuity plans, and debiting money from their bank accounts without prior authorization.