Media Advisory
FTC Internet Health Fraud Law Enforcement and Consumer Education Campaign: "Operation Cure.All"
"Operation Cure.All"
| WHAT: | The Federal Trade Commission will announce a new round of law enforcement actions against the fraudulent marketing of supplements and other health products on the Internet at a press conference on Thursday, June 14, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. "Operation Cure.All" targets unscrupulous marketers who use the Internet to prey on the sickest and most vulnerable consumers. The FTC and its partners also will unveil valuable Internet tools that provide consumers with good quality health information. |
| WHO: | Timothy J. Muris, Chairman Federal Trade Commission J. Howard Beales III Dr. Bernard Schwetz Walter H. Carr |
| WHERE: | Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 432 |
| WHEN: | June 14, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. |
| MEDIA CONTACT: | Office of Public Affairs 202-326-2180 |
| For those who would like to listen(only) to the press conference as it going on please call 866-783-5359, chairperson password is Gail or Brenda. |