The Federal Trade Commission has sued a company accused of using house-flipping TV celebrities to lure people into spending thousands on expensive training workshops that purported to share lucrative secrets but instead left many in financial ruin.
The agency and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection filed the federal complaint in Salt Lake City Tuesday asking a judge to stop the selling of seminars by Nudge, LLC.
Their ads promised insider tips from stars of shows like Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" and HGTV's now-defunct "Renovate to Rent," but the FTC said the seminars that cost up to $40,000 gave only general advice.