A Texas horse dealer accused of misrepresenting the health and nature of horses she offered for sale online will pay more than $65,000 in restitution to clients who were misled about the animals they purchased, under a civil judgment agreement finalized last week.

Tom Kelley, spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, said the Attorney General's office along with the Texas Animal Health Commission began investigating the Cass County-based E-Tex Equine Co. and its operator, Patricia Wilson, in 2008 after the commission received several complaints from consumers alleging that Wilson falsely claimed that horses they purchased from her had been tested for equine infectious anemia .The subsequent joint investigation later revealed that Wilson also misrepresented the origin, training level, and physical condition of animals consumers had purchased from E-Tex Equine, Kelley said.

Under terms of a final judgment agreement signed by state authorities and Wilson on Nov. 5, Wilson will pay $65,300 in restitution to customers, $10,000 in civil penalties, and $15,000 in state attorney fees. She also is prohibited from doing any horse-related business in Texas.

Wilson denied state authorities' claims