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Company: Contest America and Opportunities Unlimited
Penalty: $387,000
Year: 2002
Date: September 17, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Contest America and Opportunities Unlimited, doing business as North American Award Center, agreed to pay approximately $387,000 to nine states to settle allegations that it misled consumers in its direct mail contest promotions. Not all the states announced the settlements. Those that did indicated that each was receiving around $43,000 from the company. Here we estimate the total penalty by multiplying that amount by nine.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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