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Company: Prieto's Auto Sales, Inc.
Penalty: $95,716
Year: 2014
Date: July 15, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Prieto's Auto Sales, Inc. and owners agreed to pay $15,716 in restitution and $80,000 in civil penalties in settlement of allegations it failed to inspect vehicles and repair hazardous defects, made false promises that defects would be repaired, failed to abide by statutorily mandated warranties, sold trade-in vehicles before the consumer's purchase was completed, sold vehicles for which it did not hold valid title, sold vehicles with salvage titles without disclosing the defect in the title, sold vehicles with hidden collision damage, kept refundable deposits, failed to disclose financing terms properly, knowingly wrote bad refund checks, and failed to follow the statutory requirements for the repossession and disposition of repossessed vehicles.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arizona Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
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