Posted on: January 25, 2019 02:00 PM

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Queens used car dealership fined 3 million dollars

The NYC Dept of Consumers announced $3 million dollars in fines against Major World, a used car dealership on Northern Blvd in Queens.

The DCA charged Major World with using deceptive and illegal practices to profit from vulnerable low-income and immigrant consumers.

The decision finds that Major World committed tens of thousands of violations of the laws and rules that DCA enforces, including falsifying consumers? income and/or monthly rent obligations on credit applications, falsely advertising the financial terms of deals in print advertisements and on its English and Spanish websites, concealing the finance terms of deals from consumers, failing to provide deal documents in Spanish to certain Spanish-speaking consumers, and misleading consumers about their legal rights and the history, condition, and quality of the used cars they purchased.

The DCA also placed notice on the dealership if such practice continues, they will lose license to conduct the business.

All the customers who were involved in the lawsuit were reimbursed with restitution, loans and repairs after their purchase of vehicles.

DCA encourages any consumer who has had a problem with any used car dealership to file a complaint by visiting nyc.gov/dca or contacting 311.