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Company: Ameris Bank
Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: October 19, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Secondary Offense: banking violation
Violation Description: The Justice Department announced a $9 million agreement with Ameris Bank to resolve allegations that its engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Florida.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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