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Dealer Under Fire After Charging Soldier Too Much Interest

Published: July 5, 2013

According to Used Car News, a dealer is under fire after charing a soldier too much interest.

A Cullman used-car dealer pleaded guilty for violating federal protections for active-duty military service members by refusing to reduce the interest rate and repossessing the vehicle he sold to a man who was later deployed overseas with the Alabama National Guard.

Carl Ralph Nuss, 75, entered his guilty plea to the two counts of the March indictment charging him with violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The act provides certain protections for service members called to active duty, including interest rate limitations and protection from civil suit, repossession and eviction.

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