California Auto Dealership to Pay $2.6 Million to Settle Defraud Action.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Patrick Danner

Apr. 26--An AutoNation dealership in California has agreed to pay $2.6 million in fines and restitution to settle complaints that it defrauded and deceived about 1,500 car buyers.

AutoNation's Gunderson Chevrolet, in El Monte, Calif., also had its showroom shuttered for six days and its license placed on probation for four years as part of a settlement with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The dealership, one of the largest Chevrolet dealers in the Los Angeles area, plans to reopen its...

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