Lansing, Michigan – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reached an agreement with a Texas-based corporation that was accused of tricking travelers with fraudulent Mackinac Island ticket websites. The settlement, called an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), settles accusations that MTVRS, LLC broke the Michigan Consumer Protection Act by running fake sites that looked like real ticket sellers for major island attractions.
The action follows a cease-and-desist order issued earlier by Nessel’s office, demanding the company remove or correct the misleading online content. The Attorney General said that these webpages confused both visitors and real Michigan businesses.
According to reports, one of the websites, fortmackinactickets.com, replicated the design and feel of the official Fort Mackinac ticketing site run by the state organization in charge of preserving history. People who went to the fake site were said to have paid too much for tickets that should have been sold through the real mackinacparks.com domain…