FAS declared bankruptcy advertizing illegal

The employees of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) assessed the actions of two law firms, advertising bankruptcy proceedings.  Both times violations were revealed in the actions of legal entities, and the materials for further bringing to administrative responsibility were submitted to the court.

In the first case, it was about misleading the consumers because of the wording about a 100% guarantee, in the second - about phone calls to which the person did not give his consent.

The reason for assessing the legality of the companies' actions was the complaints to the FAS. The first situation concerned advertising on the Internet, which promised a ‘100% guarantee on the signed contract’. In fact, it turned out that this means that the money can be returned only if a judicial act is issued through the fault of the executor.

In addition, the antimonopoly service found out that the advertisement did not contain information on how exactly the debt cancellation process would take place, and the details of the procedure, including the consequences and restrictions, were not specified.

In the second case, the person complained about a telephone advertisement for bankruptcy, to which he did not give his consent.

In such a situation, the advertiser is responsible for confirming the fact of obtaining consent to advertising, concluded FAS.

In both cases, the Antimonopoly Service declared the violation of the law ‘On Advertising’ and handed over the materials for the subsequent initiation of an administrative case.