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Company: Yellow Pages, Inc.
Penalty: $525,000
Year: 2006
Date: April 25, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Yellow Pages Inc. agreed to pay $525,000 to settle multistate litigation alleging deceptive practices such as sending mailings in the form of checks that resembled a customer refund or rebate, but instead were a contract to buy business listings on the company's website.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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