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Company: Bookspan
Penalty: $680,000
Year: 2006
Date: February 23, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission announced that book club direct marketer Bookspan agreed to pay a $680,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it failed to stop calling consumers who asked to be put on the company's own do not call list.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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