In 2013, 1SolTech, a Texas company that sells solar panels, was hit with a lawsuit by the Office of the Texas Attorney General that accused it of misleading consumers concerning its products. Specifically, the Texas AG alleged in its pleadings that the company had committed multiple violations of the Deceptive Trade Practice Act based on its sale of solar panels that were falsely labeled as “made in the USA” and falsely labeled as certified to meet safety and performance standard UL 1703 by the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Intertek.
The Texas AG filed the enforcement action against the company and its owners and directors—Sandy Fardi, Zak Fardi and Ali Enrique Razavi1—in Texas v. 1SolTech in the 261st District Court of Travis County, Texas. In the enforcement action, the state of Texas was seeking restitution for all harmed consumers, estimated to be over $6 million in civil penalties for each violation of the DTPA, which allows for a penalty of up to $20,000 per violation with no cap, as well as attorney fees and costs under the Texas Government Code.
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