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Company: First Lowndes Bank
Penalty: $185,000
Year: 2008
Date: September 29, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: The Justice Department reached a settlement with First Lowndes Bank in Lowndes County, Ala., resolving allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American customers by charging them higher interest rates on manufactured housing loans, in violation of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Alabama
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