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Company: Universal Consulting Service dba Continental Ventures Inc.
Penalty: $349,838
Year: 2000
Date: January 6, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Universal Consulting Services agreed to pay $39,138 to the state, refund $240,700, and not collect on $70,000 in debt, in settlement of allegations its invention promotion business greatly misrepresented the value of its customers' inventions while asking for progressively greater payments.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Missouri Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Missouri
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