A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly posting fake positive reviews online and intimidating or bribing patients to remove negative reviews, Washington state prosecutors said Thursday."Threatening and bribing customers to prevent them from sharing the truth about their experience isn't just wrong — it's illegal," Ferguson said in a news release.Some patients said they weren't informed of the agreement and didn't know they had signed it, as it was given to them in a thick stack of pre-procedure paperwork that had to be completed before receiving treatment.Some patients who posted negative reviews were contacted by Allure with offers of cash or free services and products in exchange for removing their post.The lawsuit cites former employees who said they were directed to create Gmail accounts with stock photos for profile pictures and use them to review other businesses in the Seattle area, including Applebee's restaurants and Pennzoil oil changes locations, in order to impersonate a real consumer and avoid detection by online review platforms."