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Don Lapre, 'King of Infomercials,' arrested
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GoogleDon Lapre, a man who once promised the "Greatest Vitamin in the World" for the low, low price of just $39.95 was arrested Wednesday (June 22) after failing to appear at an arraignment on 41 counts of conspiracy and fraud.
Last week, the TV pitchman was accused of defraiding 222,000 people of $52 million between 2003 and 2007.
From the indictment:
"[T]he 47-year-old Lapre oversaw and promoted a nationwide scheme to sell essentially worthless Internet-based businesses to over 220,000 victims through his company 'The Greatest Vitamin in the World.'"
"This indictment goes to show that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is," said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. "Mr. Lapre used incessant nationally televised info-mercials to hawk his vitamins and worthless websites as a way to get rich quick without working hard."
Hey, at least the guy had energy. Maybe those vitamins weren't so worthless after all.
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Honestly, it makes me very sad that people fell for this. If I saw this on TV I would just assume it was one of those Saturday Night Live fake commercials, like Mom Jeans.
They should go after Kevin Trudeau next.
They've gotten Kevin Trudeau before. He apparently has legal weasels that are as slick as he is.
"...accused of defraiding..."
Great proofreading there, gang. Not only didn't you run a basic spellchecker, but you also evidently can't see little red lines underneath your spelling errors. It's just amazing what constantly passes for journalism these days.