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Company: First Advantage SafeRent, Inc.
Penalty: $100,000
Year: 2010
Date: February 2, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A tenant screening agency that rejected consumers' requests for their files and failed to recheck information on their consumer reports after they had disputed it agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law. The settlement order required the company to pay a $100,000 civil penalty and bars future violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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