But the organizations lawyer, Aaron Twersky, denied Monday that the organization is fraudulent. International Astrology Foundation is a legitimate business providing entertainment and leisure, through fiction and obvious fantasy, for those who choose to subscribe to its mailings, Twersky said in an email to the Register. None of the mailings are deceptive or misleading, and are no different than any cartoon or comic book.

Twersky said the subscribers are promised a money-back guarantee. While the Iowa attorney generals claims are overreaching, the consent judgment is merely another opportunity for IAF to stand behind its promise to offer money back to those subscribers not completely satisfied, he wrote.

The attorney generals office sued the company for fraud in February, saying many of those taken in were elderly. The state officials posted a six-page letter the company sent from Steve Waters, who is billed as the worlds greatest astrologer and psychic. His stated goal: To change you my friend, inside out, turning you from a dark, obscured, luck-dead individual into a shining bright, happy star, radiant in plenty, in happiness, in love and in joy. The letters envelope says, Important! Everything hangs in the balance. There is no time to delay!

Besides paying the refunds, the firm agreed to pay Millers office $20,000 for the cost of the investigation. A spokesman for Miller said he did not know of any other states taking action against the company.

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