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Company: Allied Interstate, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Allied Interstate Inc.
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Penalty: $1,750,000
Year: 2010
Date: October 21, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: debt collection abuses
Violation Description: To resolve Federal Trade Commission charges, one of the nation's largest debt collectors was ordered to pay $1.75 million for allegedly making repeated telephone calls to collect from the wrong person, to collect the wrong amount, or both.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: debt collection
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