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Company: Access Resource Services Inc.
Penalty: $40,000
Year: 2002
Date: November 25, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Access Resource Services Inc. agreed to forgive $44.3 million in outstanding charges and pay $40,000 costs in settlement of allegations its Psychic Hotline deceived consumers when its offer of free psychic readings was designed to trick consumers into staying on the line long enough to run up bills of $100 or more per call.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Florida Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
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