FTC charges Ab Circle Pro marketers with false fitness claims

WASHINGTON, Aug 24: Three minutes a day on the Ab Circle Pro will not melt away the pounds, and marketers of the exercise device will have to pay as much as 25 million dollar in refunds for making the false claims, US regulators said yesterday. The US Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against the abdominal exercise device’s marketers. The marketers have agreed to settlements that force them to refund between $15 million and $25 million in sales, depending on the number of consumers that make requests. (agencies)