He will liquidate the assets frozen by the court after the FTC first filed charges in the case, and those proceeds will be added to the redress account for possible distribution to the defendants' franchisees. The Commission vote to approve the proposed consent judgment for filing in court was 5-0. It was filed Feb. 9 in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, in Denver. This case was investigated by the FTC's Denver Regional Office. This consent judgement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendant of a law violation.
Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.
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