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Company: Fast Auto Loans Inc. and Virginia Auto Loans Inc.
Penalty: $1,266,000
Year: 2014
Date: April 2, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The companies agreed to pay the state $450,000 and cancel $816,000 in consumer debt to settle allegations that the companies abused and harassed consumers by calling them at home and/or work, and wrongfully disclosed their debts to people listed as references without any legal justification. The suit also alleged that consumers were coerced into relinquishing possession of their vehicles by false threats of arrest and criminal prosecution.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: West Virginia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: West Virginia
Source of Data: Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Announces Approximately $1.2 Million Settlement in Auto Title Lenders Case, States News Service, April 2, 2014 (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.