Utah Security Company Accused of Lying to Make Sales

(KUTV) Home security giant ADT has accused Orem, Utah based Vision Security of training its salespeople to lie in order to make sales.

ADT sent KUTV a two minute video that they claim was shot in Arizona back in march of 2013 using a cell phone. The video shows an instructor wielding a clipboard talking to a class. A piece of paper on the clipboard reads, "Vision."

The instructor, which ADT claims was a regional sales manager for Vision Security, tells his students what to say when they see a security sign in someone's front yard that reads ADT.

The instructor demonstrates telling a homeowner that he is there to upgrade that homeowner's current home alarm.

"We're with G.E. We are the makers of all the equipment that you guys have in the home," the instructor acted out in a demonstration. "We do business with all the security companies. ADT is one of them."

ADT lawyer Dave Bleisch says they do not do business with Vision Security.

"It's very clear that they're being told how to tell lies to consumers," Bleisch said.

The video reinforces complaints filed by homeowners from across the country. The state of Ohio sued Vision Security last fall claiming Vision salespeople lied to Ohio residents about the identity of the company, the price of the system, or that they were there to upgrade the consumer's current home security system.

Vision Security settled those charges earlier this year.

In Utah, the division of consumer protection has cited vision security. The citation refers to numerous complaints that Vision Security salespeople made untrue statements. The complaints came from around the country including Missouri, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia.

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Utah Security Company Accused of Lying to Make Sales