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Company: Law Firm of Roni Lynn Deutch
Penalty: $300,000
Year: 2006
Date: December 20, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Law Firm of Roni Lynn Deutch agreed to pay $300,000, including $200,000 in restitution to consumers and $100,000 in fines, to resolve allegations it ran misleading ads for services aimed at people owing back taxes.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: New York
Source of Data: Settlement reached in NYC lawsuit for advertising of tax services, Associated Press, December 20, 2006 (via Nexis).
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