Posted on 03/18/2014 12:54:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, whose name became synonymous with late-night TV pitches, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for bilking consumers through ubiquitous infomercials for his book, "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About." As he imposed the sentence prosecutors had requested, U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman portrayed the 50-year-old Trudeau as a habitual fraudster going back to his early adulthood. So brazen was Trudeau, the judge said, he once even used his own mother's Social Security number in a scheme.
"Since his 20s, he has steadfastly attempted to cheat others for his own gain," Guzman said, adding that Trudeau is "deceitful to the very core."
Trudeau, whose trademark dyed black hair turned partially gray as he awaited sentencing in jail, showed little emotion as the stiff sentence was handed down at the hearing in Chicago.
Addressing the judge earlier in a 10-minute statement, Trudeau apologized and said he's become a changed man. He said he's meditated, prayed and read self-help books while locked up at Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Center.
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Seems a bit much for selling snake oil.
...so if his books were all so much BS, why did people keep buying them? Ridiculous sentence. Corzine is still running loose.
Of course he’s a fraudster. But no more than most writers of self-help books.
Something doesn’t smell right here. They are criminalizing opinion. There are freedom-of-press issues here; they are going after low-hanging fruit to establish a precedent. Then they ramp up from there.
As always ... it’s “buyer beware” ...
For the same reason they keep voting for the Kenyan and various other sub-human filth known as demofilth.... THEY ARE STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm.....a fraudster hawking healthcare, using a fake SS#. Sounds familiar.
Nuts, for a moment I thought this was Gary Trudeau.
Something doesn’t smell right here. They are criminalizing opinion. There are freedom-of-press issues here; they are going after low-hanging fruit to establish a precedent. Then they ramp up from there.
I think you are correct. My wife has several of Trudeau's books and I have read parts of them. We both agree they contain useful information and insights. His offers of ‘free publications’ are not fraudulent. His people carefully tell you that other ‘other offers’ cost money and just say ‘decline’ and the free books will still be free except for a normal shipping charge. This whole prosecution really stinks.
First convicted of fraud more than twenty years ago. He has never let up.
...so Trudeau found a niche...selling books to stupid people. Ten years? Please.
So when does Al Gore go to jail?
I was addressing the reason people buy his books, not the validity of the sentence or even the prosecution.
He gets 10 years for basically deceiving people? Obama should spend his life in jail...seriously. He deceived millions of people by telling blatant lies about Obamacare which is costing the taxpayers trillions of dollars.
The FDA is another of the US feral government's continuing criminal enterprises.
The last name says it all!
We are stuck with ‘Bébé’ Trudeau (Justin) and suffered for too many years under ‘Papa’ Trudeau (Pierre Elliot).
So when does the Kenyan get to do the perp walk in a cuffs and an orange jumpsuit? Talk about massive deception and fraud.
Yeah, he’s no more of a fraudster than Joel Osteen. Wonder if they recovered that money stolen from the offerings yet.
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