The Federal Trade Commission has won a settlement requiring Mantra Films Inc. and its sole shareholder, officer and director Joseph R. Francis to pay nearly $1.1 million in consumer redress and a $548,392 civil penalty.
This agreement, requiring no admission of guilt from the defendant becomes effective upon the approval of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, western division. The case involves direct response television and Internet promotions for a video entitled