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This spring, Hertz’s image was tainted after several horror stories surfaced about people being falsely accused of car theft and arrested at gunpoi...

Hertz is paying millions of dollars to settle hundreds of lawsuits that accuse the car rental company of filing false police reports against its own customers.

Some innocent customers say they were arrested after the car rental company accused them of theft.

Some innocent customers say they were arrested after the car rental company accused them of theft.

8 posts published by Mike Masnick, Techdirt, and Gretchen Heckmann on July 26, 2022

Posts about reporting theft written by Techdirt

Hertz rents cars, like many of its competitors do. What separates Hertz from the rental car pack is its willingness to let law enforcement perform its collection work by filing criminal charges against people. Maybe some people prefer a tough-on-crime rental agency, but it's unlikely any of Hertz's falsely accused customers choose Hertz for its…

All across the country, hundreds of people claim they were falsely arrested after Hertz filed a police report involving a stolen car.

Things are not going well for Hertz in a case that could cost the bankrupt rental car company half a billion dollars in fines.

The company already faces 230 claims by people who allege they were falsely arrested for stealing rental cars based on erroneous reports from Hertz.