AG Jennings joins $694 million multistate settlement with subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corporation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced that Delaware, along with the attorneys general for 40 other states, has entered into a settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC) providing $694 million in cash and debt relief to consumers in connection with their car loans. Delaware will receive $183,523.24 from the settlement. CAC is one of the nation’s […]
AG Jennings announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Meta to pay Delaware up to $103 million, implement sweeping child safety reforms Delaware to make generational investment in children’s mental health WILMINGTON, Del.—Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced a landmark $12.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.—one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history, outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. Under the settlement, Delaware […]
AG Jennings announces nearly $150 million emissions fraud settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Monday, December 22, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings, together with her counterparts in Connecticut and Maryland, led a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a nearly $150 million settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler AG for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions defeat devices […]
AG Jennings, colleagues announce multistate anti-theft settlement with Hyundai and Kia
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Vulnerability drove nearly 300% spike in auto thefts; automakers to offer free hardware fix Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general, led in part by Delaware, has reached a settlement with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia for their sale of millions of vehicles that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology. […]
Delaware DOJ obtains nearly $1 million penalty from Kovack investment advisory firm
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Order requires firm to remove replacement letters from employee files Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit secured a penalty of $995,180 from an investment adviser firm for violations of the Delaware Securities Act, including filing incomplete and inaccurate registration materials, failing to supervise employees, and failing to maintain records and documents that should have […]
