FTC起诉Genesis Tech订阅陷阱网络：15家公司8名个人涉案，五款产品全球收入近2.5亿美元
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）2026年6月17日宣布，应委员会请求，联邦法院已临时叫停一个庞大的欺骗性订阅企业。FTC指控，由15家公司与8名个人组成的 Genesis Tech 企业以隐藏费用与重复收费欺骗消费者，且不提供简便的取消订阅办法，诉状已提交加州北区联邦地区法院。
FTC指控，Genesis Tech 由创始人兼首席执行官 Vladimir Mnogoletny 与 Vasily Ulianov 经营，经在塞浦路斯注册、在乌克兰运营的关联公司向美国消费者营销，并经在特拉华州注册的对应实体接入美国支付处理。产品包括健身营养应用 MadMuscles、Harna、Unimeal，号称可诊断治疗注意力缺陷多动症症状的 Wisey 自助课程，PDF 编辑工具 PDF Guru、PDF Master，时尚咨询 Lumi 与星座灵媒聊天 Nebula。诉状称，2023年初至2025年中，仅其中五款产品全球收入就近2.5亿美元。
诉状指控的手法包括：以免费、低价一次性收费或退款保证招徕，却把自动续订条款藏进最小号字体；未经授权收费，包括对同一产品重复扣费、在消费者不知情时加购其他产品；取消困难，包括网站与应用内不设取消入口、要求消费者说明取消理由、在确认取消后仍继续扣费。FTC还指控该企业不断推出新产品、注册新公司与新商户账户、跨境转移资产，以规避风控。
FTC称上述做法涉嫌违反《联邦贸易委员会法》与《恢复在线购物者信心法》，委员会以2票对0票授权起诉，另有 Stamatis Skianis、Oksana Kucher、Iryna Oleksyn、Olga Garbuzenko、Rostyslav Ivanitsa 与 Viktoriia Savchuk 等共同被告。FTC说明，委员会在有理由相信被指名被告正在或即将违法、且程序符合公共利益时提起诉状，案件将由法院裁决。
关联：税务减免骗局和解：经营者交出逾800万美元现金与资产，判决总额7770万美元
FTC Sues Genesis Tech Subscription Enterprise of 15 Companies and Eight Individuals, Five Products Took In Nearly $250 Million
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal court has temporarily halted a sprawling enterprise of deceptive subscription schemes, the FTC announced on June 17, 2026. The FTC alleges that the Genesis Tech enterprise, comprised of 15 corporations and eight individuals, deceived consumers with hidden costs and recurring charges while failing to provide simple mechanisms to cancel subscriptions. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
According to the FTC, Genesis Tech and its founder-CEOs Vladimir Mnogoletny and Vasily Ulianov built and operated the enterprise through a network of entities, including affiliates incorporated in Cyprus and operating in Ukraine that market to U.S. consumers and access U.S. payment processing through counterparts incorporated in Delaware. Its products include the fitness and nutrition apps MadMuscles, Harna and Unimeal; Wisey, a self-help course that claims it can diagnose and treat ADHD symptoms; the PDF editing tools PDF Guru and PDF Master; Lumi, a fashion consulting service; and Nebula, offering horoscope readings and psychic chats. The complaint alleges that from early 2023 to mid-2025, five of the products accounted for nearly a quarter billion dollars in global revenue.
The complaint alleges three recurring tactics: advertising products as free or available for a low one-time cost, often with a money-back guarantee, while relegating auto-renewal terms to the smallest print on the page; charging consumers without authorization, including double-charging for the same product or adding more products without the consumer's knowledge or consent; and making cancellation difficult, for example by omitting cancellation options from websites and apps or requiring consumers to explain why they want to cancel, and continuing to charge users even after confirming cancellation. The FTC further alleges that the enterprise continually launches new products, registers new corporate identities and opens new merchant accounts, channeling gains through cross-border transfers to evade fraud monitoring.
The FTC alleges the practices violate the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA). The Commission voted 2-0 to authorize filing the complaint, which also names Stamatis Skianis, Oksana Kucher, Iryna Oleksyn, Olga Garbuzenko, Rostyslav Ivanitsa and Viktoriia Savchuk. The FTC notes that it files a complaint when it has reason to believe the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and that a proceeding is in the public interest; the case will be decided by the court.
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