Kevin has had many legal troubles including both criminal and civil actions. In the early 1990s, he was convicted of larceny and credit card fraud. He paid a fine of $500,000. In 1998 he was charged with using false statements to mislead consumers in his infomercials. In 2004 he was banned from ever promoting products, other than his books, on any infomercials. Amazingly, Trudeau ignored this court order and continued to air his commercials 32,000 more times. Trudeau met with more legal battles after he joined Nutrition for Life, a multi-level marketing firm. The Attorney General of Illinois eventually concluded that the company was nothing more than a pyramid scheme. Kevin is also the founder the International Pool Tour. The IPT has some of the largest prizes ever given out in the billiard industry. However, in 2006, after the tournament in Reno, Nevada, the IPT could not make good on the prize money.