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Company: EchoStar Communications Corporation
Current Parent Company: DISH Network
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2003
Date: May 22, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: EchoStar agreed to pay $5 million to settle multistate litigation file in response to hundreds of customer complaints about practices such as assessing a $240 cancellation fee that had not been disclosed when customers signed up for Dish Network.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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