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Company: Credit Smart LLC
Penalty: $490,000
Year: 2014
Date: August 7, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A Memphis-based debt collector agreed to stop deceiving and harassing consumers and otherwise violating federal debt collection laws, and will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges, while a debt collection operation headquartered outside New York City will pay $490,000 as a penalty to settle a separate FTC complaint.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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