[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2446]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3669]


Robert Serviss; 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 Connecticut-based 
individual doing business as Excell Communications from 
misrepresenting, in advertisements for a work-at-home business, the 
income, earnings, or sales from any business opportunity and prohibits 
any claims concerning past, present, or future earnings unless, at the 
time of making the representation, it possesses competent and reliable 
evidence to substantiate the claim.

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.

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 14313, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Robert Serviss, 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. 97-2446 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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