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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: BSG Clearing Solutions North America LLC, ACI Billing Services Inc. d/b/a OAN, and Billing Concepts Inc.
Penalty: $1,900,000
Year: 2008
Date: March 13, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Three companies that placed more than $30 million in bogus collect call charges on consumers' telephone bills agreed to pay $1.9 million for consumer redress in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that barred them from billing for unauthorized charges and misrepresenting that consumers are obligated to pay for them.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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