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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Western Union Co.
Current Parent Company: Western Union
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 31, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Western Union agreed to pay $5 million to resolve multistate litigation alleging that it failed to take adequate steps to prevent its wire transfer system from being used in schemes to defraud consumers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: financial services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.