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Don Hankey made a fortune building a subprime auto loan empire. Along the way, his companies racked up consumer complaints, regulatory fines and were sued by the DOJ.

Providing Donald Trump’s $175 million appeal bond when other insurers wouldn’t is business as usual for California financier Don Hankey. As chairman of the Los Angeles-based Hankey Group of Companies, which includes an insurer, a subprime auto lender and a commercial real estate investment firm, Hankey has amassed a fortune lending to borrowers other financial firms shun. 

Hankey’s assistance to Trump has brought the little-known billionaire into the spotlight. But in recent years, several of his companies’ operations attracted the attention of the U.S. Justice Department, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the California Department of Insurance. Since 2015, regulators have taken action against Hankey’s companies four times, public records show. 

In 2017, for example, the Department of Justice filed a complaint in federal court in California against Westlake Financial, Hankey’s big subprime auto lender. With a network of 50,000 car dealerships and $3 billion in managed assets, Westlake Financial calls itself “The Yes! Yes! Lender.”

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 58 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like quid pro quo. He loans Trump the money to appeal and if Trump becomes President he makes all the court cases go away and get Mr. Hankey's regulators to give up.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

This isn't a loan. It's more like insurance.

A surety company promises to pay the bond if the defendant loses. So the financial status of the company is very important, and that's why this bond is raising eyebrows.

[–] JesusSon@lemmy.world 56 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As the old folk used to say "Birds of a feather all shit down our backs together."

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Shitbirds, Randy.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 32 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I hope he realizes he is not going to see that pay off.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They will if he gets elected, impedes the system by firing anyone with a clue, and shuffles federal money to them without recourse because presidential immunity

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

2 weeks tops before Trump is swearing up and down he paid the money himself out of his own pocket and his base believes every word of it.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

He already did. They were posting all over the place about how he "paid in cash!!!!". That's the message he put out the same day the bond was put up.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago

With the same reasoning some people use not to pay their graphics designer, when they're too naive to trust their clients and won't ask for a percentage of the payment upfront: but think of the exposure you're getting! That is worth something, no?!

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's counting on a cabinet position if Trump gets elected

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn't work out so well for MyPillow guy.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Mike pillows didn't really come into prominence until after Trump lost his election.

Trump's first term in office had a bunch of donors packed into cabinet positions.

[–] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I’d wager him to be counting on a favorable business environment to continue his loan profiteering.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Oh man. South Park doesn't even need to do work anymore.

[–] baru@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Seems that there are some issues with the bond. See https://youtu.be/_ATmnBSwYyU

Meaning, apparently the company can only vouch for a bond that's up to 10% of its assets. The company isn't big enough to vouch for this bond. In the financials they added another company to pretend they're big enough, but that company isn't legally involved with the bond. So pretty dishonest at best to add an unrelated company.

Yet another twist.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 23 points 5 months ago

I know people like trump, and people like trump don’t make you money. People like trump provide you cover to make money while you break rules, and they get a slice.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So he's been weaving these court cases into his campaigning, how is this not running afoul of FEC rules? Surely a massive bond with a court case that's elicited by the candidate would fall under potential bribery?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Nah, that's just lobbying

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Will Don Hankey be the new Mike Lindell?

Probably

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I hope it bankrupt him to like Mike pillow.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Mr. Hankey the Christmas poo?

[–] MisterCrisper@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They kept calling him that on the news the other day and I couldn't help but giggle.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

They knew exactly what they were doing.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hankey is up to some pankey

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

If you pay their bond, they let you grab them by their trump.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Can’t wait for the rambling trump speak post that hes getting debt collector calls 7 times a day and he’s pissed

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

So now the possible Cheeto in chief will be controlled by ~~puta~~ Putin and Mr Hanley the Christmas poo?

Awesome, nothing to see here!

[–] blazera@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

he didnt put up as much of the bond as new york appeals court judges did