The Federal Trade Commission is sending a full of much than $1 cardinal to afloat refund radical who bought deceptively marketed look masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the bureau announced connected Monday.
The FTC successful April 2024 took action against Razer and respective affiliates implicit their accumulation and merchantability of a "wearable aerial purifier" look disguise called the Zephyr. Starting successful October of 2021, the Zephyr disguise and 3 sets of filters sold for $99.99; the Razer Zephyr Starter Pack containing a disguise and 33 sets of filters sold for $149.99; and a Razer Zephyr Filter Pack containing 10 sets of filters sold for $29.99, according to the FTC's complaint.
"These businesses falsely claimed, successful the midst of a planetary pandemic, that their look disguise was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator," Samuel Levine, manager of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in announcing the "The FTC volition proceed to clasp accountable businesses that usage mendacious and unsubstantiated claims to people consumers who are making decisions astir their wellness and safety."
Checks oregon PayPal payments of astir $150 each are being sent to astir 6,800 consumers who purchased the products, which were falsely advertised arsenic N95 oregon N95 equivalent without having been tested oregon certified arsenic such, the FTC stated.
People who person the refunds should currency their cheque wrong 90 days oregon redeem their PayPal outgo wrong 30 days, according to the agency. Consumers with questions astir their payments tin interaction the refund administrator, Simpluris, astatine 1-833-285-3003 oregon sojourn the FTC's website to spot a database of often asked questions astir the refund process.
The FTC ne'er requires radical to wage wealth oregon supply relationship accusation to get a refund, the bureau noted.
Kate Gibson is simply a newsman for CBS MoneyWatch successful New York, wherever she covers concern and user finance.