In a case that should alarm secured creditors who thought they could lawfully exercise their secured creditor rights to foreclose on collateral, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld sanctions against a secured creditor that did exactly that. In 2006, the State Employees Federal Credit Union ("SEFCU") made a loan to Mr. Weber, secured by Mr. Weber’s pick-up truck (the principles in this case apply equally in the corporate finance world). After Mr. Weber defaulted on the loan in 2009, SEFCU legally repossessed Mr.