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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Calling 10 and Telseven
Penalty: $3,430,000
Year: 2016
Date: February 18, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission fined related companies Calling 10 and Telseven, as well as their owner, more than $3.4 million. The companies were accused of deceiving consumers who mistakenly called their toll-free numbers about their purported services and then subsequently billed those consumers for services that were neither provided nor requested, a practice known as cramming.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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