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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc.
Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2010
Date: September 20, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: A California-based mortgage lender and its owner agreed to settle FTC charges that they illegally charged Hispanic consumers higher prices for mortgage loans than non-Hispanic white consumers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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