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Company: People's Choice Charities
Penalty: $30,000
Year: 2017
Date: June 26, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: The Los Angeles County District Attorney and the State Attorney General announced that People's Choice Charities agreed to pay $30,000 (and a $870,000 suspended penalty) to establish a charity fund in settlement of allegations it used misleading advertising stating that 100% of proceeds from donated cars would go to charity.
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: (click here)
Notes: Settlement was with Los Angeles County and the State of California. The full payment to the fund is listed as the penalty.
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