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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Acquinity Interactive, LLC; 7657030 Canada Inc., Revenue Path E-Consulting Pvt, Ltd.; Revenuepath Ltd.
Penalty: $7,800,000
Year: 2014
Date: October 22, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A series of defendants agreed to pay approximately $10 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they operated a massive scam that sent unwanted text messages to millions of consumers, many of whom later received illegal robocalls, phony free merchandise offers, and unauthorized charges crammed on their mobile phone bills.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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