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Company: Access Resource Services, Inc. and Psychic Readers Network, Inc.
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: November 14, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Access Resource Services, Inc. and Psychic Readers Network, Inc. agreed to a stipulated court order stopping all collection efforts on accounts or claims from consumers who purchased or purportedly purchased their pay-per-call or audiotext services and forgiving outstanding consumer charges as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement also required the defendants to pay $5 million to the FTC.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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