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Company: Americall Group Inc.
Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: An Illinois-based telemarketing firm agreed to pay $500,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it interfered with consumers' requests to be placed on company-specific do not call lists and transmitted deceptive Caller ID names.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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