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Company: Equinox International
Penalty: $40,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: April 25, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Equinox International and its owner agreed to hand over assets worth an estimated $40,0000 to eight states and the Federal Trade Commission as part of the resolution of allegations they engaged in an illegal pyramid scheme. The settlement was also announced by the FTC; see the separate entry.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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