B
Evidence Grade B
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$12,800,000
$12,800,000 -- ftc fine for fake reviews for Cure Encapsulations (2019)
Cure Encapsulations was fined $12.8 million by the FTC for using paid, fraudulent reviews to advertise products on Amazon.
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Value
$12,800,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Federal Trade Commission
Primary
Tier B
https://www.caseiq.com/resources/articles/what-is-customer-review-fraud ↗
Source Article
What Is Review Fraud? Definition & Examples | Case IQ
What is Customer Review Fraud?
Learn what review fraud is and how society is cracking down on fake customer reviews for everything from electronics to wellness products.
Any smart consumer looks to online reviews before deciding whether to patronize a business or purchase a product. In fact, consume…
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Federal Trade Commission
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FTC enforcement action against Cure Encapsulations
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Cure Encapsulations: $12,800,000 ftc fine for fake reviews. Source: Federal Trade Commission (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ftc-fine-cure-encapsulations
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