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Federal Investigators find abuse of Energy Star Program
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01 April 2010
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Fifteen phony products won certification as energy efficient.
Fifteen phony products – including a gasoline-powered alarm clock – won a label from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of the federal Energy Star program.
Investigators concluded the program is “vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”
A report released Friday said government investigators tried to pass off 20 fake products as energy efficient, and only two were rejected. Three others didn’t get a response.
The program run by the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to Identify energy efficient products to help consumers.
-- Associated Press --
Fifteen phony products – including a gasoline-powered alarm clock – won a label from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of the federal Energy Star program.
Investigators concluded the program is “vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”
A report released Friday said government investigators tried to pass off 20 fake products as energy efficient, and only two were rejected. Three others didn’t get a response.
The program run by the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to Identify energy efficient products to help consumers.
-- Associated Press --
