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The breaking news of the Saturday, June 25, 2009 must be the record settlement of $1, 375,000 between Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Central Coast Nutraceuticals (CCN). CCN is an online Acai berry company and Terry decided to file a lawsuit against them after they received heap complaints about the deceptive marketing techniques used by the CCN to attract the consumers towards their free Acai berry trial offers.
The real story behind this Acai scams is same as it used to be reported on Media; customer upon signing up for free Acai berry trials on CCN website were charged heavily for products they never ordered. Customers reported that they tried to contact the company through every possible mean but all in vein. Their last choice was to file a claim with Mr. Terry.
The CCN will pay around 1million in terms of civil penalties and $350,000 in consumer reimbursement and $250,000 to cover the investigational charges. Along with the monetary settlement the agreement between them makes CCN to clearly state what could be the possible consequences to buy a free Acai berry trials.
Mr. Terry has opened an account with $350,000 to make refund to the Acai berry victims of the CCN. The customers can file a claim for the possible refund by August 1, 2009. The Acai berry customers who did not file their claim can get the claim form from the website http://www.azag.gov/.
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