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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: K-B Toys
Penalty: $1,187,000
Year: 2003
Date: August 20, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: K-B Toys agreed to pay $500,000 in fines, penalties and costs and to distribute $687,000 in toys to needy children to settle a false-advertising case brought by district attorneys in Sacramento and Napa counties.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
Source of Data: K-B Toys fined for false ads, Sacramento Bee, August 20, 2003 (via Nexis).
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