Calmare Therapeutics Inc (fka CTTC)

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...speaking of the new attorney that someone else alleges CTTC has hired -- "Claude C. Wild III" -- I see he was the "chair and moderator" of an educational seminar last fall:

http://www.cobar.org/cle/item.cfm?EventID=CM090912W

...and right up there in the "program highlights" I see:

"-Priorities from the Colorado Attorney General's Office
-FTC Update
-Substantiating Advertising Claims, including Health Claims and Green Guides"

...hmmmmmmm...so he's getting paid to help teach about the Colorado Attorney General's office and about the FTC and about "substantiating advertising claims"...and specifically, "including health claims"?...and CTTC has hired HIM as their NEW attorney?...really?...will his function have anything to do with what he appears to know so much about?...well, anyway, I certainly hope they get their money's worth...

...because it doesn't sound like ol'Claude did much for this poor guy:

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/ftc/maxcellcnsnt61401.pdf

...$150,000 fine for po'old Stephen?...ouch!...AND he had to "terminate all sales"...AND -- I guess just to add insult to injury -- they required him to notify them whenever he changes employment for the next TEN YEARS...mercy already!...

...and some of the things the FTC objected to sound kinda familiar:

"And finally, a breakthrough study on nearly 1,000 subjects published in the prestigious journal of epidemiology showing a significant reduction in the risk for atherosclerosis."

"My wife is happy to have the arthritis in her hands, elbows and knees gone."

"Here's two breakthrough studies showing remarkable improvement in liver function. Now, why is that such a powerful anti-aging benefit? Because aging is associated with a marked reduction in liver function. A typical adult will lose more than 40 percent of their liver function by age 70 and that age-related defect contributes greatly to the degeneration of the entire body."

...a less formal description of the case can be found here:

http://www.mlmwatch.org/06FTC/Oasis/oasisftc1.html

...say what:

"Cherniske represents himself as a "renowned health educator" and nutrition consultant. A recent magazine article states that he has a background in biochemistry and is a trained nutritionist and a member of the National Academy of Research Biochemists (NARB). However, two of his credentials are as questionable as the claims challenged by the FTC. His "master's degree in nutrition" was obtained in 1982 from Columbia Pacific University, a nonaccredited correspondence school whose California operation was shut down by court order in 2001. NARB's membership certificate describes it as "An academy devoted to preserving and dispensing valuable, established and reasonable biochemical research certified that . . . . is an elected member dedicated to untiring research for the truth in behalf of those served in the field of health." However, the only requirement when I picked up a membership in 1992 was payment of a $72 fee."

..."renowned"???...that's the word D'Amato used in a comment on seekingalpha to describe Marinoe!...what a coincidence, huh?...but at least Cherniske GOT a degree -- bogus or not...so far, we still don't know whether Marineo ever even applied to college, much less actually got a degree!...

...a much more detailed account can be found here:

http://www.ftc.gov/os/decisions/docs/Volume132b.pdf

...Maxcell's case starts right on page 1...but a case maybe more pertinent to CTTC starts on page 230...it seems the FTC had a little problem with "Jaguar Enterprises" devices such as the "Black Box":

"An electronic device known to reverse many "incurable" viral & bacterial conditions, including AIDS, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gastritis, Herpes, Hepatitis, Lupus, Gulf War Syndrome (GWS), & Rheumatoid Arthritis. It delivers a very low frequency (1/4 or 4 or 100 hz, modified or pure square wave), low current, alternating polarity signal which neutralizes viruses and kills bacteria in the bloodstream & organs so they can be eliminated from the body."

...man!...ain't it just amazing what you can do with a little electricity nowadays!...and the FTC just up and ignored all those wonderful testimonials for the "Rife frequency Generator" like:

"I would like to inform you the Rife machine is a Miracle Machine to us, especially to my wife. She has been paralyzed, half of her body, right side, due to stroke, since April 1991. After just a couple of uses, she can walk and put her weight to the right side of her body, the paralyzed side. She can walk now, not yet like the original way before she had the stroke, but she does not use her wheelchair.."

...snifff!...that's so touching!...almost as touching as that one story about the lady that was finally able to play her cat after bugzapper therapy...or was it her dog?...

...of course, they probably wouldn't have gotten into all that trouble if only they had done some BLINDED, RANDOMIZED, and APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLED studies to PROVE their CLAIMS were accurate...don't you know?...