CITIGROUP SETTLES FTC CHARGES AGAINST THE ASSOCIATES RECORD-SETTING $215 MILLION FOR PREDATORY LENDING VICTIMS
ATTENTION!
Due to the large volume of claims filed, eligible class members should expect to receive checks (or credits to their delinquent accounts) before the end of April, 2004.
In the largest consumer protection settlement in FTC history, Citigroup Inc. will pay $215 million to resolve Commission charges that its affiliates, Associates First Capital Corporation and Associates Corporation of North America (The Associates), engaged in systematic and widespread abusive lending practices, commonly known as "predatory lending."
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| Complaint | - | [PDF] |
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| Exhibit B | - | [PDF] |
| Consent Order/Stipulated Final Judgment | - | [PDF] |
| List of subprime lending cases since 1998 | - | |
| The FTC / Associates Class Action Settlement Fact Sheet | [TEXT] | - |
| California Class Action Settlement | - | [PDF] |
| Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement | - | [PDF] |
| Order Certifying Settlement Classes, Approving Class Action Settlement, and Awarding Attorney Fees | - | [PDF] |
| Joint Notice | - | [PDF] |
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