[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2440]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3672]


Lyle R. Larson; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative 
Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition 
this consent order prohibits, among other things, a Washington-based 
individual doing business as Momentum from misrepresenting, in 
advertisements--via a computer communications network, or by any other 
means--for a credit repair product, any right or remedy available under 
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including the ability to remove adverse 
information in any credit report, and the legality of any credit repair 
product. In addition, the consent order requires the respondent to 
disclose that the program may violate federal criminal laws.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 12, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicholas Franczyk, Federal Trade Commission, Chicago Regional Office, 
55 East Monroe St., Suite 1860, Chicago, IL. 60603. (312) 353-8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, April 1, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 14316, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Lyle R. Larson, for the 
purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2440 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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