
The upcoming Compliance Summit will feature two panel discussions staffed by dealer counsel and personnel from around the nation.
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Attendees of the upcoming Industry Summit and P&A Leadership Summit are invited to register for Automotive Compliance Education’s onsite certification review and exam for no additional charge.
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The FTC issued a reminder that, starting today, consumers can freeze their credit and place one-year fraud alerts for free under the new Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
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The operators of websites that sold fake pay stubs and other financial documents have agreed to permanently shut down their business as part of separate settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, the regulator announced this week.
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Software provider DealerBuilt agreed to implement security protocols to settle an investigation into a data breach that exposed the personal information of customers and employees at more than 100 dealerships nationwide.
Read More →Attorney, dealer compliance expert, and Compliance Summit regular Jim Ganther will take on such pressing topics as the Military Lending Act revision, compliance in the post-CFPB era, and employee privacy in a workshop session at the upcoming event.
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The magazine’s resident compliance pro weighs in on one of F&I’s big debates: Is the F&I menu a sales or compliance tool?
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Hallman Chevrolet falsified loan documents as well as costume jewelry brought in by customers as collateral for purported down payments over a six-year period beginning in 2009. The dealer, David Hallman, accepted responsibility for the scheme and agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine and more than $737,000 in restitution to end federal prosecution.
Read More →New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced that new-car dealerships in the Bronx and Westchester have agreed to end ‘fraudulent, deceptive, and illegal’ sales of a ‘bogus’ anti-theft product and offer restitution to at least 1,100 car buyers.
Read More →While the bill further strengthens dealer protections and updates others, several protections aimed at future services and opportunities for automakers to serve customers directly were stripped out of the bill prior to last Thursday’s unanimous vote by the California Legislature.
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