Kevin Trudeau, the author and onetime weight-loss, health and financial infomercial pitchman, last year paid $2.285 million for a three-bedroom, 4,200-square-foot condominium on the 50th floor of a 56 ...

A television pitchman accused of misleading viewers about his weight-loss books during late-night infomercials was taken into custody Tuesday morning for failing to pay a $37 million civil judgment.

CHICAGO (AP) Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before finding Kevin Trudeau guilty of criminal contempt in weeklong trial during which prosecutors accused the TV pitchman of lying in ...