On January 20, New York AG Schneiderman announced a lawsuit against several auto dealerships located in Queens, New York, alleging that the dealerships used deceptive sales tactics to sell add-on products and services, including credit repair and identity theft protection services. According to the lawsuit, the dealerships charged "consumers for services while concealing such charges from the consumers, or [misrepresented] that the services were free," collecting more than $1 million from consumers between January 2013 and November 2014 for the identity theft and credit repair services alone.