The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has scored a record $1.27 billion judgment against race car driver Scott Tucker and several of his companies as part of an alleged deceptive payday lending scheme.

The FTC sued Tucker and several of his companies in 2012 alleging an “interrelated network of companies” that included four payday lenders ran up finance fees against borrowers of quick loans. In a Sept. 30 order granting summary judgment for the FTC, Nevada Chief Judge Gloria Navarro found Tucker and his companies liable for $1.27 billion in consumer losses, the largest judgment the FTC has ever obtained in a case that was litigated.

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