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Company: Conversion Marketing, Inc.
Penalty: $474,000
Year: 2006
Date: January 17, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A telemarketing operation selling tooth whitening kits and weight-loss patches agreed to pay $463,000 in consumer redress and $11,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it promised free samples of the tooth whitening kits, then debited consumers' accounts without their authorization. The FTC further alleged that the defendants made false and unsubstantiated claims about their weight-loss patches and called consumers listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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