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NewsJanuary 21, 2016

CFPB: BHPH Dealer to Pay $800,000 for Abusive Financing Practices

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken action against Herbies Auto Sales for abusive financing schemes, hiding auto finance charges and misleading consumers. The buy-here, pay-here operation was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution and a civil penalty of $100,000.

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NewsDecember 17, 2015

CFPB Fines CarHop $6.4 Million

The CFPB charged the buy-here, pay-here dealer and its affiliated finance company, Universal Acceptance Corp., with providing inaccurate information to credit reporting agencies for more than 84,000 consumer accounts between January 2009 and September 2013.

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NewsSeptember 8, 2015

Dealer Fined $690,000 for Consumer-Protection Law Violations

A used-car dealership will pay more than $690,000 after a New Jersey Superior Court Judge found that it violated state consumer protection laws and regulations a total of 640 times.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonApril 30, 2015

Texas Dealers Could Face Fines Over CarGurus’ Business Practices

Last week, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Division issued a cease-and-desist letter to CarGurus and the state’s dealer association, threatening dealers with fines up to $10,000 a day if the shopping site does not revise its advertising practices.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonAugust 21, 2014

CFPB Fines Subprime Finance Source $2.75 Million

First Investors Financial Service Group was charged with providing inaccurate information to credit reporting agencies due to a known computer glitch. The finance company was ordered to pay a fine and identify and correct affected consumer credit profiles.

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NewsJuly 31, 2014

Kan. Dealer Ordered to Pay Customer $2,065

An investigation found that South Auto Sales required consumers financing their vehicle purchase to sign a preprinted repossession waiver that violated state law.

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NewsJune 19, 2014

Dealerships to Pay $175K For Deceptive Ads

Four affiliated dealerships in western Massachusetts have agreed to pay $175,000 over six months to resolve allegations that they regularly published misleading advertising and failed to follow through on sales prices and promotions.

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NewsMarch 25, 2014

Toyota to Pay $1.2 Billion for Acceleration Issues

Toyota will pay a $1.2 billion financial penalty — the largest penalty ever imposed on an automotive company — for concealing and making deceptive statements about two safety issues affecting its vehicles in 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.

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NewsNovember 14, 2013

N.Y. Regulator Reaches $135K Settlement With Dealer

The dealership will pay more than $86,000 to customers who were charged a bogus administrative fee when purchasing a used vehicle, in addition to $50,000 in penalties to the state.

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NewsOctober 31, 2013

N.J. Dealer Agrees to Pay $66K Fine

As part of a settlement for misrepresenting the condition of the cars it sold, Lencore Leasing agreed to pay a $66,000 fine.

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