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Company: The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. dba Delaware Council for Corporations
Penalty: $190,375
Year: 2017
Date: August 14, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. d/b/a Delaware Council for Corporations agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties from a previous case, a new penalty of $15,375, and full restitution in settlement of allegations it sent deceptive and misleading solicitations to Delaware businesses. The scam involved sending a mailing that looked like an official Delaware government document and misrepresented Delaware corporate law requirements so that unsuspecting, small Delaware-registered businesses would pay the company $125 to generate unnecessary corporate forms.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Delaware Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Delaware
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