Penalty Amount
$1,000,000
Connecticut Attorney General secured a $1 million multistate settlement with TFG Holding, Inc. for deceptive VIP membership program marketing and billing practices. The company must improve disclosures, obtain explicit consent, provide easy cancellation, and offer restitution to affected consumers.
TFG must clearly disclose VIP program terms including recurring charges and cancellation rights, obtain express consent before enrollment, provide a simple online cancellation mechanism, honor cancellations promptly, offer refunds for recent charges, cease billing for old enrollments, and pay $1 million to jurisdictions.
In-house legal teams should review contracts for clauses related to automatic enrollment in membership programs, ensure clear disclosure of all material terms including recurring charges and cancellation rights, verify that explicit consent is obtained before enrollment, and include provisions for easy cancellation and refund processes to avoid deceptive practices.
Entity
TFG Holding, Inc.
Also known as: TFG Holding
Industry
Retail"TFG Holding, Inc."
"$1 million"
"Automatically enrolling consumers, without their consent, into a Membership Program that included a recurring charge without consumers’ knowledge, consent, or authorization"
"Implementing and maintaining cancellation policies and practices that frustrated consumers’ ability to cancel the VIP Membership Programs into which they were enrolled"
"Failing to adequately disclose material facts to consumers, including that by purchasing products they will be enrolled in the VIP Membership Program"
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$400.0M
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