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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: M & N Financing, Inc.
Penalty: $6,200,000
Year: 2019
Date: May 23, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: In a case brought by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued an order against a Los Angeles-based automobile loan financing company requiring it to pay more than $6.2 million in penalties for using a credit risk analysis that automatically penalized female loan applicants based solely on their gender.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Civil Rights Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: The case was resolved when the agency was known as the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.