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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Discover Bank
Current Parent Company: Discover Financial Services
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Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Discover Bank agreed to pay $2 million in restitution to settle allegations it deceptively enrolled and charged customers for financial products without clear authorization.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Minnesota Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: financial services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.