Complaint Review: Fibromyalgia Arthritis Centers of America

 These 3 people, Kathryn Stapleman, Michael Codere, and Carol Codere, are the biggest scammers, thieves, and liars that I have ever run across in my years as a nurse. Their company is a fraud. They hold "seminars" to scam people on their "treatment" for fibromyalgia, at a huge cost around $6000 dollars, supposedly doctor approved. They pulled this on my mother, who was suffering terribly and was desperate for relief. She paid the money which was promised as a refund if the treatment did not work. When it expectedly did nothing, she tried to contact Michael for a guaranteed refund. He avoided her calls, and then referred her to Kathryn, who lied and made up some story and refused to return the money. My mom had taken the drug they gave her which made her worse. She went to a regular doctor who promptly discontinued the drug. When she tried to contact Kathryn and Michael again, they avoided her calls, and then we found out filed for bankruptcy. My mom only lost all of her money, but her fibromyalgia and pain was made much worse. These people are absolute disgusting dirt bags who scammed sick people in pain for an incredible amount of money. This was based on all kinds of lies and false guarantees. Then when too many people complained, they ran tail and filed bankruptcy and kept the money. They were even posting ads and holding seminars when it was obvious that they were filing bankruptcy, to run the scam as long as they could. Then they got protection from the bankruptcy court. They set up these fake treatment centers advertising in other towns, got money from sick patients, then hid so it was hard to contact them once things did not work. I have been a nurse for many years with fibromyalgia, and medical science has some options for pain treatment, none of which would cost anywhere close to $6000. Also it is well know in the medical community that fibromyalgia slowly improves over years even decades. So this was a big scam from the begi nning. I am seeing that at least 10 people have filed against these people in just the Better Business Bureau and Ripoff Report combined. I am now finding there are many more who were also scammed. I am in the process of filing a class action lawsuit against the Directors Kathryn Stapleman and the Coderes. There is I hope a special place in hell for people like these who scam sick desperare people. As far as I can tell, this was a family scam, involving many members. The good part is tbat these scamming liars are out of business. But they kept most of the blood money. I hope they are held accountable by the courts. I understand fraud can even hold a jail time. That would only be fitting for these thieves.