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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Camera Wiz
Penalty: $109,286
Year: 2009
Date: June 25, 2009
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The New York Attorney General announced settlements with seven online electronics stores located in New York to resolve allegation of engaging in a variety of illegal and fraudulent business practices. The seven companies agreed to pay a total of $665,000 in restitution and civil penalties, and over $100,000 to cover the costs of the Attorney General's investigation. The announcement did not specify how those amounts would be divided among the companies. Here we assume they were split evenly. Camera Wiz was one of two companies that agreed to shut down.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
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