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by company- Vanilla Chip LLC (TruHeight) €657,549 100 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies – 0 % · 1 case
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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | – |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 1 | €657,549 |
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15 Jul 2026 Vanilla Chip LLC (TruHeight)TruHeight: FTC settlement over allegedly fake reviews for growth supplement €657,549
According to the FTC, employees of the dietary supplement provider wrote thousands of five-star reviews, customers received free products or discounts in return for five-star reviews, and bot profiles posed as real users; in addition, there were unsubstantiated growth claims for children and adolescents. The final settlement order provides for a judgment of 4 million USD, which is partially suspended on account of limited ability to pay after a joint payment of 750,000 USD by the liable parties.
Reviews by employees or reviews rewarded for positive star ratings are prohibited and, since 2024, subject to civil penalties.
Fake and purchased customer reviews
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Fake reviews
- Legal basis
- Section 5 FTC Act; FTC Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Partial suspension of the judgment on account of limited ability to pay.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 15 Jul 2026
Original amount 750,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Jul 2026.
- FTC Takes Action Against TruHeight for Deceptive, Unsubstantiated Advertising Press release of an authority
- FTC Approves Final Order Against TruHeight (15.07.2026) Press release of an authority
- FTC Case: TruHeight (Vanilla Chip LLC), Docket C-4837, Final Decision and Order Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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27 Jun 2023 a Japanese pizza chainPizza chain: order over an undisclosed service fee in leaflets Order
The pizza chain advertised collection and delivery prices for 953 outlets in leaflets (handed out in store, posted through letterboxes or inserted in newspapers). In fact, between October 2022 and April 2023 – except for telephone or in-store orders during certain periods – a 'service fee' of 4 to 7 per cent of the price, capped at 299 JPY, was added; the order required a corrective notice to consumers, measures to prevent recurrence and cessation.
Mandatory surcharges belong in every price statement – a price to which a fee is added at the end is not a final price.
Price statements and hidden extra charges (drip pricing)
- Authority / court
- Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 7 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Nr. 2 Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法, Gesetz Nr. 134/1962)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 27 Jun 2023
- Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 27 Jun 2025 · Direct link