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Company: Digital Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Movieland.com et al.
Penalty: $501,367
Year: 2007
Date: September 13, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: An operation that downloaded onto consumers' computers software that spawned pop-up messages claiming consumers had signed up for a free trial that had expired, and demanding payment to make the messages go away, settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its practices violated federal law.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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