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Company: Pick Your Part Auto Wrecking,
Penalty: $5,705,964
Year: 2005
Date: November 9, 2005
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: The San Francisco City Attorney and the California State Attorney General announced that Pick Your Part Auto Wrecking, dba City Tow, agreed to pay $5.7 million in settlement of allegations it operated a scheme that sold towed, unclaimed cars for scrap to itself rather than auctioning them off to cover costs and paying the remainder to the State.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: San Francisco
Facility City: San Francisco
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