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Company: First National Credit
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2003
Date: March 7, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The California Attorney General's office announced it had won a consumer protection lawsuit against First National Credit, obtaining a court judgment that required the firm to pay refunds and $5 million in civil penalties for deceptively marketing credits cards that could not be used in stores.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
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