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Company: QuinStreet Inc.
Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2012
Date: June 27, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: QuinStreet Inc. paid $2.5 million to settle multistate claims that several of the company's websites listing educational opportunities for military servicemembers, including GIBill.com, were deceptive and misleading in giving the appearance that the sites were operated, owned or endorsed by the U.S. government or military and that the sites were misleading in giving the impression that the schools listed as "eligible GI Bill schools" were the only schools at which the veterans' benefits could be utilized.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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