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Company: The Herb Chambers Companies et al.
Penalty: $290,000
Year: 2008
Date: January 2, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: The Herb Chambers Companies, Quirk Works, Inc., Ira Motor Group, Kelly Automotive Group, The Colonial Dealerships (Colonial Nissan of Medford, Inc., Wellesley Buick-Volkswagen, Inc. d/b/a Wellesley Volkswagen, and Colonial Chrysler Jeep, Inc.), Connolly Buick Co., Inc., Liberty Motorcar, Inc. (formerly 128 Mazda), and Village Automotive Group agreed to pay a total of $290,000 in settlement of allegations they used false and misleading prices in their print advertisements for automobile sales.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
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