FTC proposed settlement
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Thomas Fenton agrees to settle charges that he made false and unsubstantiated claims in an infomercial produced by Synchronal promoting Omexin as a baldness cure. The proposed settlement would prohibit Fenton from distributing the "Can You Beat Baldness?" infomercial, misrepresenting a commercial as an independent program, and making any future unsubstantiated claims for any food, drug or device. Fenton is the last party to settle a 1991 FTC complaint regarding claims made for Omexin and the Anushka Bio-Response Body Contouring Program. All of the other respondents settled with FTC June 3 ("The Rose Sheet," June 7, p. 1). In October, FTC amended its complaint against Fenton, limiting the allegations to the Omexin infomercial