Hankey Group Faces Allegations of Illegal Practices Across Auto Lending, Insurance, and Debt Collection

Provided $175M appeal bond for Trump when other insurers wouldn't; runs Hankey Group including subprime auto lender, insurer, real estate firm
Westlake Financial, Hankey's subprime auto lender, settled with DOJ twice for illegally repossessing servicemembers' vehicles
Westlake Financial faces ongoing consumer complaints about improper repossessions, inaccurate loan data, and aggressive collections tactics
CFPB found Westlake used illegal debt collection practices; company paid $44M to 176K customers
California Dept. of Insurance cited Hankey's KnightBrook Insurance for numerous violations in claims handling in 2015