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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: H&R Block
Current Parent Company: H&R Block
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $12,150,000
Year: 2010
Date: January 4, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: H&R Block agreed to provide at least $11.4 million in customer refunds and pay $750,000 to New York State to resolve allegations that it steered low- and middle-income customers nationwide to purchase its fee-laden and fraudulently marketed Express IRA product.
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: Missouri
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: tax preparation services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.