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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: HireRight Solutions, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Corporate Risk Holdings
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Penalty: $2,600,000
Year: 2012
Date: August 8, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: An employment background screening company that provides consumer reports to companies nationwide agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to use reasonable procedures to assure the maximum possible accuracy of information it provided, failing to give consumers copies of their reports, and failing to reinvestigate consumer disputes, as required by law.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: risk and security services
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