In a surprising move, the state of Texas has settled with the makers of the "little green pill."

BioPerformance, the makers of the pill, promised to save people money on gas and to make them millionaires at the same time.

Last May, an investigative report on Orlando affiliate WESH-TV found out the pill does neither.

The pill had a cult-like following at a seminar last summer in Orlando, and its makers had the crowd in a frenzy with promises that big money could be theirs.

The report generated hundreds of e-mails when it told the story of the Rev. Lowell Mims, the pastor from Dallas, and his little green pill.

The case of the little green pill was set to go to court in three weeks. But, the Texas attorney general decided to settle out of court, saying it was best for consumers

Mims and his partner, Gus Romero, will pay the state of Texas $7 million. That money will be used to pay back the victims of the pyramid scheme -- the largest scheme the state of Texas has ever seen.

"It provides restitution for countless consumers who were duped into purchasing this product," said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. "With gasoline prices hitting record highs, these defendants aggressively marketed their worthless product as a wondercure. Sadly, these do-nothing pills were merely the tools of an elaborate pyramid scheme that enriched the sellers while buyers were left with empty hands and empty wallets."

The little green pill inspired one of largest investigations the station has ever seen.

WESH-TV reporter Michelle Meredith went undercover to hear the pitch. People were told that the little green pill could save them money and make them millionaires.

The crowd went wild with applause.

But the investigation sent the pyramid crumbling to the ground. Our experts discovered the pill did not improve gas mileage at all, and was in fact made of moth balls and was toxic.

Weeks after our investigation aired, Texas shut BioPerformance down.

To find out if BioPerformance owes you money, file your claim with the attorney general's office for the state of Texas.

In Texas, call 800-252-8011, and customers in the rest of the country can call 512-463-2100 or visit www.oag.state.tx.us.

Consumers should expect it to take weeks or longer to get their money back.

The Texas attorney general said Mims can still sell the little green pill, but he has to tell the truth about it: that it doesn't work, that it's made of mothballs and that it's toxic.