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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonJune 26, 2014

11 Consumer Groups Ask FTC to Crack Down on CarMax

A coalition of consumer-protection groups asked the FTC to investigate CarMax for selling recalled vehicles. CarMax officials claim the chain is doing the best it can with a broken system.

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NewsJune 26, 2014

Dealer Pleads Guilty to Not Reporting Taxes

A Virginia independent dealer is facing three years in prison after being found guilty of not reporting income between 2007 and 2010. Sentencing takes place in September.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonJune 19, 2014

CFPB to Release White Paper on Proxy Methodology

During the CFPB’s semi-annual report to the House Financial Services Committee, Director Richard Cordray said the agency will be releasing a white paper on the methodology it uses to determine the presence of discrimination in auto loans.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonJune 19, 2014

Tesla Makes Strides on East Coast

This week, New York Governor Cuomo signed a pro-Tesla bill into law. The New Jersey Assembly also voted to allow manufacturers to directly sell zero-emissions vehicles to consumers.

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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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NewsJune 12, 2014

House Committee Votes to Repeal CFPB Auto Lending Guidance

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill this week that would bring more transparency to the CFPB’s guidance-making process. If approved by Congress, it would effectively repeal the bulletin the bureau issued last year on indirect auto lending.

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NewsJune 12, 2014

Dealer Charged With Abandoning Burning Lamborghini

Police identified the man who abandoned a burning 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago on the New Jersey Turnpike as the CEO and president of an auto group.

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NewsJune 12, 2014

Dealer Settles Complaint Regarding Collections Practices

The Idaho Attorney General has reached an agreement with a dealership that will prohibit it from engaging in harassing debt collection or repossession acts or practices. The dealership also resolved several consumer complaints.

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NewsJune 9, 2014

Dealer Ordered to Pay $50K for VSC Fraud

A dealership manager was ordered to pay at least $50,000 for keeping money given to him by customers for extended service contracts.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonJune 9, 2014

7 Financial Organizations Back Disparate Impact Amendment

Seven financial organizations issued a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives on May 29 in support of an amendment to an appropriations bill that would limit Justice Department litigation relying on the disparate impact theory of discrimination.

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