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Company: AmeriNet Inc.
Penalty: $50,000
Year: 2005
Date: November 3, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: AmeriNet agreed to pay $50,000 to five states to settle litigation alleging that it processed debit charges from consumers' bank accounts on behalf of telemarketers who used allegedly fraudulent or unlawful scripts to pitch their products.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Source of Data: Attorney General Madigian: Illinois, Four Other States Settle with Nationwide Check Processor, US States News, November 3, 2005 (via Nexis).
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