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Company: America Online
Current Parent Company: Apollo Global Management
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Penalty: $1,250,000
Year: 2005
Date: August 24, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: AOL agreed to pay $1.25 million and reform its customer service practices to resolve a case brought by the New York Attorney General.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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