NCJ Number
40116
Date Published
1977
Length
406 pages
Annotation
ANNUAL LISTING OF STATE AGENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL WATCHDOG ASSOCIATIONS THAT CONSUMERS CAN TURN TO IN CASES OF SUSPECTED FRAUD.
Abstract
THE DIRECTORIES LISTED COVER HOSPITALS, CREDIT UNIONS, BANKS, AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS, LAWYERS, DOCTORS, STOCKS AND BONDS, AND OTHER SUBJECTS WHERE CONSUMERS ARE OPEN TO FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES. IN THE INTRODUCTION, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES STATE LICENSING POWERS, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS TO LICENSING AUTHORITIES, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS TO ASSOCIATIONS, AND HOW TO SEEK REMUNERATION THROUGH MALPRACTICE SUITS AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS....BS