State v. Unique Ideas, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtKupferman, J.
The defendant Unique Ideas, Inc. and one Ernie Tucker, its principal, operated a so-called "get-rich-quick” scheme, offering for sale to the public a work-at-home sales system described in a booklet selling for $10. Customers were secured by direct mail and by advertisements in national magazines. The defendants also sold mailing and reply envelopes and advertising insertions that offered for sale ornamental mink novelty items. Mailing lists (usually stale) were supplied for solicitation.
The defendants have conceded that they had approximately 50,000 agents and prospective agents who…
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