Go Workout Frandor LLC and its owner, Steven Millenbach, have been ordered to pay civil penalty and damages totaling $123,020 after the business violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA), WILX.com reported. Attorney General Dana Nessel Yesterday announced the default judgment from the Judge James Jamo. The announcement states that Go Workout Frandor and Millenbach will pay $98,020 to the Attorney General’s office for disbursement to consumers that were deceived. Judge Jamo also imposed a civil fine of $25,000 for violating the MCPA. AG Nessel's office had received multiple complaints from customers, causing them to issue a notice of intended action in February 2019, followed by a class-action lawsuit in April. Millenbach then filed for bankruptcy in July, according to the release. The AG's office said that while Millenbach hopes to discharge the money owed to consumers in the bankruptcy proceeding, the Attorney General will next be using Judge Jamo’s order as part of a petition to the bankruptcy court to prevent that from happening. In the judge's order, Jamo found the Lansing-based, women-only gym to have violated the MCPA by misleading customers through false advertising and deceptive claims about goods and services, and failing to provide clients with refunds, among other things.
