December 8, 2016
New York announced the settlement of a lawsuit against
SG Hylan Motors Corp., a Staten Island dealership doing business as
Staten Island Honda and
Staten Island Nissan (collectively “SG Hylan”) and a separate settlement with
Best Auto Outlet, Inc. (“Best Auto”) located in Floral Park. The SG Hylan settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General in July 2016, which alleged that these auto dealerships unlawfully sold “after-sale” products and services, including credit repair and identity theft protection services, to over 2,300 consumers, sometimes exceeding a cost of $2,000 per consumer. The settlement requires SG Hylan to pay $1.5 million in restitution to these consumers. The agreement with Best Auto, which returns $115,000 in restitution to consumers, concludes an investigation into this dealership for similar misconduct – alleged unlawful sale of credit repair and identity theft prevention services, and other “after-sale” items to over 200 consumers.
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