FTC to Refund $6 Million to Consumers Who Bought Deceptively Advertised Weight-loss Supplements from QVC

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2010.  Starting April 30, an administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission will mail more than 140,000 refund checks totaling about $6 million to consumers who bought certain “For Women Only” brand dietary supplements from TV home shopping channel QVC, Inc.  Last year, QVC settled charges that it violated a 2000 FTC order by falsely claiming that the supplements would cause consumers to lose substantial amounts of weight and would allow them…