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Company: Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc.
Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2001
Date: October 24, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Triad Discount Buying Service and related buying clubs agreed to pay $9 million to resolve multistate litigation and a Federal Trade Commission case alleging deceptive business tactics and telemarketing fraud. The case was also announced by the FTC; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Source of Data: (click here)
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