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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Ford Motor Credit Corp.
Current Parent Company: Ford Motor
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: July 14, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Ford Motor Credit agreed to pay $1 million to the Alameda County District Attorney to resolve allegations of deceptive leasing practices.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Alameda County (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Alameda
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
Source of Data: Alameda County, Ford Settle $1 Million Lawsuit, Valley Times, July 14, 2000 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.