Television pitchman Kevin Trudeau is headed to prison

CHICAGO — Best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, whose name became synonymous with late-night TV pitches, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for bilking consumers through ubiquitous infomercials for his book, "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' 

Kevin Trudeau, the television pitchman and author who amassed a fortune telling consumers his secrets about how to get free money, how to lose weight and how to cure a number of illnesses the natural way, is headed to 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Kevin Trudeau, the television pitchman and author who amassed a fortune telling consumers his secrets about how to get free money, how to lose weight and how to cure a number of illnesses the natural way, is headed to 

Kevin Trudeau was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for deceiving consumers through his late-night infomercials. In sentencing Trudeau, a federal judge called him "deceitful to the very core." Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use 

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau, who was convicted last year of criminal contempt for exaggerating the contents of his weight-loss book in infomercials, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison.