07.02.18
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing 852 refund checks, totaling more than $214,000, to consumers nationwide who bought bed bug treatments that claimed to use cedar oil to stop and prevent bed bug infestations.
Each check recipient is receiving 95% of the amount they spent on these treatments; the average check amount is $251.
The refunds stem from a January 2018 complaint against Chemical Free Solutions LLC (CFS), the seller of Cedarcide Original, a line of products deceptively marketed as effective at stopping and preventing bed bug infestations. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that the company violated a 2013 Commission order barring it from making scientifically unsupported claims.
Under the modified court order announced in January, CFS admitted it violated the 2013 order, was banned from selling bed bug eradication products, and was ordered to pay money to refund consumers.
Each check recipient is receiving 95% of the amount they spent on these treatments; the average check amount is $251.
The refunds stem from a January 2018 complaint against Chemical Free Solutions LLC (CFS), the seller of Cedarcide Original, a line of products deceptively marketed as effective at stopping and preventing bed bug infestations. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that the company violated a 2013 Commission order barring it from making scientifically unsupported claims.
Under the modified court order announced in January, CFS admitted it violated the 2013 order, was banned from selling bed bug eradication products, and was ordered to pay money to refund consumers.