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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: First American Payment Processing, Inc.
Penalty: $1,580,739
Year: 2004
Date: November 3, 2004
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: First American Payment Processing Inc., two related corporations, and their principals were banned from processing any payments for outbound telemarketers as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC had charged the defendants with assisting fraudulent telemarketers by electronically debiting consumers' bank accounts in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the FTC Act. The settlement the defendants to pay redress in the amount of $1,580,739.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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