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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Washington Trust Company
Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: September 27, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced that Washington Trust Company agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Rhode Island
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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