ACCC Obtains Refunds Of Almost $120,000 From Rural Network Introduction Agency.

0 Comments | M2 Presswire, March, 2008

M2 PRESSWIRE-4 March 2008-ACCC: ACCC Obtains Refunds Of Almost $120,000 From Rural Network Introduction Agency(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:04032008

Thirty-five members of an introduction agency will receive refunds of nearly $120,000 after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission court has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from the firm.

The ACCC has also obtained declarations and injunctions from the Federal Court against the agency and its director, Ms Leanne McDonald.

In making his orders, Justice Spender described the agency's conduct as "not only serious but calculated and quite callous."

The court has declared that Rural Network Pty Ltd engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and...