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Case Status
Pending
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff v. MERCURY MARKETING LLC; BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE GROUP OF AMERICA, LLC, d/b/a Behavioral Health Care of America; JLUX CONSULTING LLC; MALIBU DETOX, LLC, also d/b/a Malibu Detox & Residential Center; MALIBU RECOVERY CENTER, LLC; ALIYA HEALTH GROUP, LLC; FENNASIDE, LLC; JHEL HOLDINGS LLC; CHRISTOPHER LIVOLSI; DENNIS RINKER; ROBBY STEMPLER; and JENNIFER RUSS, Defendants.
FTC Matter/File Number
242 3079
Enforcement Type
Civil Penalties
Federal Injunctions
Federal Court
District of Maryland
Case Summary
The FTC filed a complaint alleging that Mercury Marketing, LLC, and other defendants impersonated substance use disorder treatment clinics in Google search ads to deceptively route consumers trying to call those clinics to defendant clinics.