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Fayetteville-based Cavin’s Business Solutions is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by camera manufacturer Canon U.S.A. Inc., which alleges Cavin engaged in fraud and breach of contract, as well as violating North Carolina’s unfair and deceptive trade practices law. Canon U.S.A. is a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ).

According to Canon’s Sept. 29 lawsuit, filed in the federal court representing New York’s Eastern District, Cavin’s was part of a program known as the Canon Strategic Marketing Plan. The program allows Canon’s authorized dealers to receive rewards for attracting larger customers that acquire the company’s business equipment for a year or more. The equipment typically includes high-speed printers, copiers, fax machines and other similar machines.

However, Canon alleges Cavin’s submitted false documentation to show it had placed equipment with large customers participating in the CSMP program, when the equipment had actually been placed with other non-participating customers. Canon alleges the false documentation was designed to allow Cavin’s to receive rewards it had not earned.

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