Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 615/50

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
     All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to him for the enforcement of this Act, and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.1, 7, and 10 of that Act are hereby incorporated by reference into this Act. In addition, in any action brought by the Attorney General to enforce this Act, the court may order that the person who incurred actual damages be awarded 3 times the amount at which actual damages are assessed.