In the early 1970's the FTC's Franchise Rule was developed as the result of numerous fly by night franchisors, in which nothing was delivered. Since then the focus has been on providing franchisees with enough information to make a rational choice between competing franchise systems. Generally, there is not the out and out fraud that was rampant in the late 60's and 70's.
However, now some pizza franchisees are claiming that Anthony's Pizza, is a throw back to the bad old times of fraud. There is a website devoted to publishing both court documents, newspaper stories, and background information. In addition, there is also a short blog complaining about Reza Solhi, who is alleged to be the organizing mind behind all of this.
We understand that complaints have been made to both the IFA and CFA and we will watch with interest to see their response, if any. Mr. Solhi is apparently now selling franchises in the United States and in Dubai. Here is the list of state regulators of franchise sales to contact if you have any concerns about Mr. Solhi.'s franchises.
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