Gregory James Caton was an American businessman, inventor, manufacturer, convicted felon, and promoter of various herbal products, the main one being Cansema, which Caton claimed cures skin cancer, although the US Food and Drug Administration banned it in 2003 as worthless.
22 Facts About Greg Caton
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Greg Caton attended Los Angeles Valley College, a community college in the San Fernando Valley, and then served in the US Navy as a cryptologist from 1975 through 1978.
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Greg Caton was an avid amateur and short wave radio operator.
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Greg Caton filed a suit against Kevin Trudeau in the US Fifth District Court of Appeals, in response to a libel suit by Trudeau in 1996 over Greg Caton's aforementioned book.
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Greg Caton removed the action to federal court, but on Trudeau's motion, the action was remanded.
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Thereafter, Greg Caton failed to respond to Trudeau's claims and the court entered a default and noticed an evidential hearing.
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On June 5,1996, after a hearing, the court rendered a default judgment against Greg Caton, awarding Trudeau $5 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
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In November 1996, Greg Caton filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in response to the judgment.
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Greg Caton then took up a project to detail the issues associated with multi-level marketing on a site entitled MLM Credit Bureau.
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Greg Caton was featured in an online article by Ami Mills on the Metroactive website in 1996 regarding his work.
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Greg Caton started Alpha Omega Labs in 1995 using the pseudonym "James Carr".
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Greg Caton spoke at Cornell University's sponsored symposium, Informing the Dialogue about Agricultural Biotechnology, in November 1999.
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Greg Caton contested Gilliatt's assertions, claiming that because of the individual's use of additional alternative medicine, exclusive attribution of damages from H3O could not be determined.
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Furthermore, according to Greg Caton, Gilliatt contradicted herself several times in her various court testimonies.
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Greg Caton had received a previous felony conviction for counterfeiting in 1990.
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Greg Caton filed for a writ of habeas corpus based upon ineffective counsel in 2005.
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On 5 June 2006, after serving his sentence, Greg Caton was released on three years probation with specific restrictions against possession of firearms or manufacture of non-FDA approved materials.
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On 27 October 2007, Greg Caton was found in violation of the terms of his probation.
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On 3 December 2009, Greg Caton was arrested at a checkpoint in Ecuador and held in prison.
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Greg Caton was sentenced in a Louisiana court in May 2010 to serve the remainder of his probation in prison.
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Greg Caton filed a motion of appeal on June 23,2011, under the provision that the court failed to consider sentencing guidelines.
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Greg Caton returned to Ecuador and continued selling his products online.