Q-Ray inventor gets more than wrist slap
An infomercial entrepreneur from Barrington preyed upon the sick with false claims that his Q-Ray bracelet could relieve pain and should repay at least $22.5 million in ill-gotten gains, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Que Te "Andrew" Park sold more than a million bracelets from 2000 to 2003 through infomercials that claimed the "ionized bracelet" could relieve pain caused by everything from arthritis to chemotherapy.
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The Federal Trade Commission sued Park and QT Inc. for false advertising in 2003, citing a Mayo Clinic study that said the product worked no better than a placebo.
In his ruling, Denlow ordered Park, QT Inc. and two related companies to repay all of their profits from the sale of the Q-Ray bracelet from January 2000 to June 2003--an amount the judge put at $22.5 million. The defendants could owe even more--up to $87 million--depending on how many Q-Ray customers seek refunds, according to the ruling.
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