Seattle Surgeon Slammed with $5M Consent Decree
Google and Yelp allowed fake reviews of unethical plastic surgeon to remain up for 18 months, causing damage to thousands of people.
Last week, as a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s 2022 consumer protection lawsuit, Seattle based Allure Esthetic and owner Dr. Javad Sajan entered a consent decree and must pay $5 million in fines and restitution.
In April, we reported that a Federal judge found Allure Esthetic and owner Dr. Java Sagan had violated the the Federal Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) and was guilty of wrongly preventing patients from posting negative reviews using illegal NDAs. In addition the state Attorney General's lawsuit accused the business and owner of falsifying online reviews, manipulating before and after images and incentivizing review removal.