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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Citibank/Citigroup Inc.
Current Parent Company: Citigroup
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Penalty: $1,950,000
Year: 2013
Date: September 24, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The West Virginia Attorney General announced that Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and GE Money Bank would each pay the state $1.95 million to settle lawsuits alleging the companies' credit card protection programs violated West Virginia law.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: West Virginia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: West Virginia
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking & securities
Source of Data: Attorney General Morrisey Announces Nearly $8 Million in Settlements in Payment Protection Lawsuit, Targeted News Service, September 24, 2013 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.