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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Rent-A-Center
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Penalty: $15,500,000
Year: 2022
Date: August 2, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Rent-A-Center agreed to pay $13.5 million restitution and $2 million in civil penalties in settlement of allegations the company engaged in deceptive sales and marketing tactics and violated state consumer protection laws in the course of its rent-to-own sales of furniture, electronics and appliances.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.