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Company: Directory Billing, LLC dba USDirectory.com
Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2008
Date: March 10, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Directory Billing, LLC, doing business as USDirectory.com, agreed to pay $400,000 to settle multistate litigation alleging that the company engaged in deceptive business practices by using "live" activation checks to obligate businesses and organizations to pay for a preferred business listing.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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