The Pennsylvania owner of Auto Exchange USA is being charged with fraud, theft and impersonating a Notary. Authorities said he pocketed down payments and didn’t pay off existing loans for customers after agreeing to do so.
Read More →Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker charge man in million-dollar identity-theft scam involving fraudulent car loans. If convicted, the man could face life in prison.
Read More →General Motors sues Iowa dealer for damages and injunctive relief for falsely reporting sales and allegedly transferring vehicles that resulted in GM awarding the dealer with thousands of dollars under the GM Standards for Excellence program.
Read More →Two brothers, operators of three used-car lots in Modesto, Calif., were found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud. The men allegedly prepared misleading and false financial statements in order to obtain financing for ineligible customers.
Read More →U.S. Fidelis Co-Founder Darain Atkinson was sentenced to eight years for felony stealing, insurance fraud and consumer violations, while his brother Cory Atkinson was sentenced to four years on Friday for similar violations.
Read More →Aaron Matthew Payne, owner of three Missouri auto dealerships, pleaded guilty to a bank fraud scheme that involved 118 financed vehicles.
Read More →Under the new bill, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will join states like Arizona and California in transitioning to electronic lien and titling. The move is expected to reduce costs and eliminate the state’s exposure to fraud.
Read More →Brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson, founders of now-bankrupt extended service contract company US Fidelis, were charged with multiple felonies, including unlawful merchandising practices, stealing and insurance fraud.
Read More →A Chicago-area dealer was convicted of 11 counts of mail and wire fraud in federal court last week after a finance department employee turned state’s evidence and testified against him.
Read More →A former bank branch manager and an auto dealer pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud a Houston-area bank of more than $2.5 million through a check kiting scheme, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.
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