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Company: Visions Group of America, Inc. and SOHO Technologies, Inc.
Penalty: $22,000
Year: 2000
Date: October 20, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Two companies and their principals that the Federal Trade Commission alleged used high-pressure sales tactics to sell various home-based business opportunities agreed to settle FTC accusations that they made false and unsubstantiated earnings claims to entice consumers to buy their products and violated the FTC's Cooling-Off Rule, which gives consumers three days to cancel certain purchases of $25 or more.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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