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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Commonwealth Marketing Group, Inc. and Great Escape Vacations & Tours, Inc.
Penalty: $145,000
Year: 2000
Date: March 17, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with two Pennsylvania-based travel companies and their owner and managers, under which the defendants were to pay $145,000 in consumer redress and be enjoined from any future violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) which, among other things, prohibits deceptive phone solicitations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.