Is it illegal to list 36 "fake" employees on your business website?

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So my buddy and I (we're both 21) have this internet startup and the company is literally 3 days old. We obviously have no employees yet except for the two of us. We're running a marketing/consulting firm that serves a pretty big city in the US. Would it be illegal for to list 36 employees with fake names under our Management Team and Employees section? When we're directly in contact with clients it will just be the 2 of us - we will NOT impersonate anyone else during direct contact with clients, but we're just putting the fake names on our website to give us a head start. Is that illegal?

4 months ago - 4 answers

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That would be fraudulent and a very stupid thing to do. But then, hiring a couple of 21 year old kids with no business experience as your marketing/consulting firm would be a very stupid thing to do, too. (If you had enough business experience to be worth anything as a marketing consultant, you wouldn't be asking this question.) Fell for one of those, "Be a marketing guru! Make tons of money! We'll teach you how!" scams, did ya?

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4 months ago

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