2 Women Suspected of Illegal Marketing

Two saleswomen have been arrested on suspicion of illegally marketing magnetic mattress pads to sick and elderly consumers in Simi Valley.

The arrests of Phyllis Hall, 51, of Orange County, and Nancy Milliken, 36, of Los Angeles came moments after the women finished separate sales pitches last month touting the devices as a remedy for ailments ranging from heart disease to impotence.

Neither the state Department of Health Services nor the federal Food and Drug Administration has given magnetic mattress pads marketing approval.

Hall and Milliken are accused of violating state health and safety codes. Hall is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 26, and Milliken on Feb. 19.