15 Aug 08 Please contact LA County District Attorney

The following has been posted on Raoul’s site:

Jim says:

If you have been scammed by GISOL please call the CA district attorney Robert Jackson at 213-580-3324. Robert told me that because GISOL has been using several addresses that they were having trouble finding jurisdiction on the matter. One DA needs as many complaints as we can get him. Please call and tell him your information.

Thanks

Comment — August 14, 2008 @ 10:42 am

Robert Jackson is part of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Consumer Protection Division.

Consumer Protection Division
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
201 North Figueroa St., Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 580-3273

UPDATE Oct 1st, 2008:
Dianne Suzuki of the same office has now taken over the Gisol investigation, and is THE person to contact. Her phone number is 213 580 6793. I have her email address also if you want to contact her in that way. Please send me a request on report[dot]gisol[at]gmail[dot]com and I will forward her address to you.

Quote from their website that certainly applies to Gisol:

The District Attorney’s Consumer Protection Division (CPD) investigates and prosecutes unfair or dishonest business practices so that Los Angeles consumers get a dollar’s value for their dollar spent. The division’s work also protects honest business people from dishonest competitors.

Through lawsuits which levy heavy monetary penalties for fraudulent practices and through jail sentences, CPD strives to uphold the California laws which protect the consumer. Examples of fraudulent business practices include:

False Advertising: It is illegal to sell goods or services through the use of untrue or misleading statements. False ads might misrepresent “sale” or “special” prices, or the features of a product, or the availability of sales goods. Read ads carefully, and watch out for fine print at the bottom. The advertiser is at fault if the ad has the tendency to mislead, even if there is no intent to defraud.

Deceptive Sales Practices: Examples of these include the “hard sell,” where high pressure tactics and half-truths are used to force a hasty purchase, and “bait-and-switch,” where consumers are lured into a store with an appealing ad and then switched to a more expensive item.