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The organization was taking advantage of an unusual facet of California's business laws, called Section 17200, that allows a plaintiff to sue as a "private attorney general," seeking restitution on behalf of all citizens affected by certain deceptive business practices.
That's why we say that bank fraud is the only crime on Earth in which the victims make restitution on behalf of the wrongdoers.
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The suit, which said an error on a work order had violated a state regulation, came from the Trevor Law Group, a three-member firm in Beverly Hills that has sued thousands of small businesses under a broad California law, Section 17200 of the Business and Professions Code, that permits anyone to file a lawsuit on behalf of the public, but allows only for restitution, not damages.
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