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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Academy Collection Service, Inc.
Penalty: $2,250,000
Year: 2008
Date: November 21, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Academy Collection Service Inc. and its owner agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Academy and its collectors misled, threatened, and harassed consumers; disclosed their debts to third parties; and deposited postdated checks early, in violation of federal law.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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