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The company used free speech laws to make sensational claims (Photo: Flickr)

Record fine for Hungarian vitamin producer

A vitamin manufacturer reported by Hungarian media to have close ties with the Scientology movement has been punished by the Hungarian competition authority with a fine of €368,500.

The record penalty - unique in its kind - has to be paid by a company owned by Gabor Lenkei for misleading consumers. Mr Lenkei's firm, Free Choice, had used stories of "satisfied consumers" and "miracles" in its marketing drive: some blind "patients" got back their eyesight, people suffering from diabetes s...

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The company used free speech laws to make sensational claims (Photo: Flickr)

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