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Company: Simple Network, Inc.
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 21, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission fined six companies a combined $30 million for deceptively marketing prepaid calling cards. The companies were accused of falsely advertising that their low-cost prepaid calling cards could allow consumers far more calling minutes than were in fact being sold.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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