Diet Scam: Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Which Includes MMA Fighters Among Its Sponsors, Expected To Be Ordered To Pay $40M

An Atlanta federal judge is expected to order the operators of a fraudulent diet program to pay $40 million for violating a May court order to pull their product from shelves. The Federal Trade Commission said the judgment is one of the highest ever against a diet scam operator. The May court order said the company, Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, had violates a previous 2008 court order related to the sale of the supplements.