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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Furtherance International, Inc. dba Premier Card Services
Penalty: $6,800,000
Year: 2001
Date: June 27, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: HD Benefits and Furtherance Internation Inc. and their owners were ordered to pay more than $27 millon by a jury, for using deceptive marketing techniques or allowing third party telemarketer to use such tactics, as well as making unauthorized charges to some consumers' cards and not refunding their money despite repeated requests to do so.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arizona Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
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