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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Countrywide Financial Corporation
Current Parent Company: Bank of America
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Penalty: $335,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: mortgage abuses
Secondary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Mega-Scandal: Discriminatory Lending Practices
Violation Description: The Department of Justice reached a settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries to resolve allegations that they engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: North Carolina
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.