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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: First Transit
Current Parent Company: FirstGroup
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Penalty: $7,300,000
Year: 2012
Date: November 2, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: First Transit agreed to pay $7.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Protection Act when it backed out of a contract with the MBTA to run a paratransit service that provided door-to-door transportation to individuals who are unable to use the general public transportation systems because of disabilities.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: transit services
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