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Company: HCI Direct, Inc.
Penalty: $455,000
Year: 2008
Date: February 22, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: HCI, a direct marketer of womens' hosiery and other merchandise, agreed to pay $455,000 to settle multistate litigation alleging it employed misleading advertising resulting in consumers unknowingly signing up for a continuous plan to receive merchandise.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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