Lenders fail to release car title after loan payoff, enabling wrongful repossession
Borrower made all but one payment on a car loan but the vehicle was repossessed and transferred out of their name with no documentation trail. Lender failed to properly handle the title release process. Represents a systemic gap in lender title management at the end of loan term.
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