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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Publishers Service Office, Inc.
Penalty: $110,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 29, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Publishers Service Office was judged to have violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by falsely claiming it was authorized by magazine publishers to charge or bill consumers on behalf of the publisher. Publishers Service Office also allegedly disguised the telephone numbers from which it called consumers to make the numbers appear as originating from the state or area code in which the consumer lived.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arizona Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
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