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Company: FreeScore360.com, FreeScoreOnline.com and ScoreSense.com
Penalty: $22,000,000
Year: 2014
Date: November 19, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission stopped an online scheme that allegedly lured consumers with "free" access to their credit scores and then billed them a recurring fee of $29.95 per month for a credit monitoring program they never ordered. Three companies agreed to pay $22 million for consumer refunds under a settlement with the FTC and the state attorneys general in Illinois and Ohio.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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