USPS Administrative Law Judge Decisions
Most mail-order health schemes attempt to exploit people's fear of being unattractive. Their promoters are usually“hit-and-run" artists who hope to make a profit before the government stops their false ads. Common products include “miracle” weight-loss plans, fitness and bodybuilding products, “spot-reducing” devices (claimed to reduce specific parts of the body), antiaging products, and alleged sex aids. For many years, the Postal Service had an active program to detect and stop such schemes, but the program was abandoned in the early 1990s. This site will gradually archive the Administrative Law Judge decisions issued between 1957 and 1993.
Bogus Educational Opportunities
Mail-Order Health Products
- American Diet Association / Nutritional Research / Vita-Health Research / Leo Daboub / Sandra Brooks (1986)
- Bodyscience (1982)
- Great Life Laboratories (1981)
- Nancy Pryor / Millburn Products / Millburn Book Corp / Frank J. Sarcone (1980)
- Oncor / Taylor-Wright Pharmacals (1991, 1993)
- Puritan's Price / Nature's Bounty (1993)
- Robertson-Taylor Company (1983)
- Wholesale Nutrition Club / Oscar Falconi (3/84, 4/84)
Denial of Permit to Mail at Periodicals Rate
This page was revised on August 17, 2011.