WASHINGTON (Reuters) – GM Financial, a unit of General Motors Co, agreed to pay over $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated a U.S. federal law that provides certain benefits and protections to eligible service members, the Justice Department said.
GM Financial was accused of violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by illegally repossessing 71 servicemembers’ vehicles and by improperly denying or mishandling over 1,000 vehicle lease termination requests, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Costas Pitas)
