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Company: Far West Credit, Inc
Penalty: $120,000
Year: 2006
Date: January 17, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Consumer reporting agency Far West Credit, Inc. agreed to pay $120,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it did not follow reasonable procedures to assure the accuracy of the information in the consumer reports it sold to mortgage companies, in violation of federal law.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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