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16 August 2017

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Sonny and Bobby Le, brothers from Anaheim California, caught the Federal Trade Commission's attention with a series of websites (titled Infinity Trampolines...
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FTC Gives False Trampoline Advertising the Bounce

Siblings send consumers to false review sites, hoping they'll flip

Trampoline Trouble

Sonny and Bobby Le, brothers from Anaheim California, caught the Federal Trade Commission's attention with a series of websites (titled Infinity Trampolines, Happy Trampoline, and Trampoline Jumpers) through which they sold Infinity and Olympus Pro brand trampolines.

These websites, which were owned and operated by the brothers, prominently featured logos from independent review sites with monikers including "Trampoline Safety of America," "Top Trampoline Review," and the Monty Pythonesque "Bureau of Trampoline Review." Each of these independent organizations offered ratings and reviews, pointedly recommending the Le brothers' trampoline models.

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