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Company: Universal Processing Services
Penalty: $1,734,972
Year: 2015
Date: May 20, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin, LLC, a payment processor, and telemarketer Hal E. Smith and his company HES Merchant Services Company, Inc., defendants in the Federal Trade Commission's case against a deceptive robocall credit card interest rate reduction scheme, were jointly ordered to pay $1,734,972 to the Commission by a Florida district court. The money was to be used to provide refunds to defrauded consumers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Wisconsin
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