LifeWatch USA, which provides heart-monitoring services for senior citizens and others, rips off its customers by fooling them into paying monthly fees even when their devices are not activated, according to a proposed class action filed in New York.

The complaint by dentist Edward Reynolds claims sales representatives of the company tell potential customers that a family member, friend or other person has purchased a LifeWatch monitoring device for them, and that all the customer had to do was pay the monthly $34.95 monitoring charge.

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