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Company: Newport Creative Communications
Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2006
Date: January 25, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Newport Creative Communications agreed to pay $400,000 to settle multistate litigation alleging the company made deceptive sweepstakes claims in charity solicitations.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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