The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on March 1, 2022, ordered a halt to illegal tactics used by Redwood Scientific Technologies regarding the promotion and sale of dissolvable oral film strips as effective smoking cessation, weight-loss, and sexual-performance aids.1

The court said that the FTC had prevailed on all 16 counts in its suit against Jason Cardiff, Eunjung Cardiff, Danielle Cadiz, and Redwood Scientific Technologies. The court issued a permanent injunction against the defendants and their company, banning them from selling dissolvable oral film strips directly to consumers, engaging in multi-level marketing, making robocalls, and using negative-option marketing. It also imposed restrictions on the defendants' future conduct related to false advertising, fake testimonials, and unauthorized billing.

• A U.S. District Court in California ordered a halt to illegal tactics by Jason and Eunjung Cardiff, Danielle Cadiz, and Redwood Scientific Technologies involving oral film strips marketed as homeopathic health aids.
• On behalf of the FTC, which brought the suit, the court banned the defendants and their company from selling the products, including via multi-level marketing, making robocalls, and using negative-option marketing.
• Additionally, the court found the company and its owners engaged in many other unfair and deceptive practices.
• Default judgments were also ordered against seven...

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