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Company: Capital Payments LLC
Penalty: $750,000
Year: 2016
Date: February 11, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Capital Payments LLC, an Independent Sales Organization (ISO), agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it enabled a telemarketing scheme called The Tax Club to use merchant accounts to process consumers' credit card payments. The Tax Club allegedly bilked consumers who were trying to start a home-based business.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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