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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: GM Financial
Current Parent Company: General Motors
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $3,534,171
Year: 2022
Date: October 5, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Violation Description: GM Financial agreed to pay over $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by illegally repossessing 71 servicemembers' vehicles and by improperly denying or mishandling over 1,000 vehicle lease termination requests.
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: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.