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Company: Primus Automotive Financial Services Inc.
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Penalty: $2,630,000
Year: 2007
Date: February 26, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: To resolve allegations that it discriminated against African-Americans, Primus agreed to limit how much dealers could mark up interest rates for black customers and agreed to spend $150,000 on consumer education programs and pay $2.44 million in legal fees and $40,000 to the lead plaintiffs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Middle District of Tennessee
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:02cv382
Case Name: Claybrook, et al v. Primus Auto Financ, et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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