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Federal Trade Commission, and
Utah Division of Consumer Protection,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Nudge, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; Response Marketing Group, LLC, a Utah limited liability company, also doing business as, 3 Day Real Estate Training, Abundance Edu, LLC, Affluence Edu, LLC, American Money Tour, Cash Flow EDU, Clark EDU, LLC, Edge 2 Real Estate, Evtech Media North, Flip for Life, Flipping For Life, Income Events, Insider’s Financial Education, LLC, Leading Financial Education, LLC, Onwealth, Power Flip, Prosper Live, Property Education, LLC, Renovate To Rent, Simple Real Estate Training, Smart Flip, Snap Flip, US Education Advance, Vintage Flip, Visionary Events, Wealth Tribe, Women’s Empowerment, Yancey Events, Yancey, LLC, and Your Real Estate Today, a Utah limited liability company; BuyPD, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; Brandon B. Lewis, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Ryan C Poelman, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Phillip W. Smith, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Shawn L. Finnegan, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; and Clint R. Sanderson, individually and as an officer of Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC, Defendants.
Utah Division of Consumer Protection,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Nudge, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; Response Marketing Group, LLC, a Utah limited liability company, also doing business as, 3 Day Real Estate Training, Abundance Edu, LLC, Affluence Edu, LLC, American Money Tour, Cash Flow EDU, Clark EDU, LLC, Edge 2 Real Estate, Evtech Media North, Flip for Life, Flipping For Life, Income Events, Insider’s Financial Education, LLC, Leading Financial Education, LLC, Onwealth, Power Flip, Prosper Live, Property Education, LLC, Renovate To Rent, Simple Real Estate Training, Smart Flip, Snap Flip, US Education Advance, Vintage Flip, Visionary Events, Wealth Tribe, Women’s Empowerment, Yancey Events, Yancey, LLC, and Your Real Estate Today, a Utah limited liability company; BuyPD, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; Brandon B. Lewis, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Ryan C Poelman, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Phillip W. Smith, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; Shawn L. Finnegan, individually and as a principal and owner of Nudge, LLC, Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC; and Clint R. Sanderson, individually and as an officer of Response Marketing Group, LLC, and BuyPD, LLC, Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
182 3016
Federal Court
District of Utah
Case Summary
As a result of a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection (DCP), the principals of a Utah-based real estate investment training company will pay $15 million and be banned from selling money-making opportunities under a court order they have agreed to. In addition, two of the primary real estate celebrities who endorsed the training have agreed to orders that require them to pay $1.7 million.
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $10 million in refunds to consumers who paid for a real estate investment training program that allegedly made empty promises about earning big profits “flipping” houses.