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Area Store Must Pay Civil Penalty For Deceptive Ads, State AG Says
A retail store in Westchester will have to pay a civil penalty for lying to its customers, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced.
The state reached the settlement with the Hartsdale pet store after it falsely advertised and claimed that it specialized in the sale of high quality, responsibly-bred animals, when, in reality, the store sold animals that were bred at large-scale commercial mills, James said on Friday, May 3.
Deborah Koehler, owner of Westchester Puppies & Kittens, is also prohibited from making false representations about the quality of the breeders a…
