Ex-Dealer Pleads Guilty to Tampering Charges

The former owner of Big Red Dealerships faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the two counts.
The former owner of Big Red Dealerships faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the two counts.
Expert lists four all-too-common situations in which failing to understand underwriting guidelines or falsifying required stips — by dealership or finance source personnel — can constitute not just noncompliance but outright fraud.
Gene Earl Easterling will serve 63 months in federal prison on bank fraud, mail fraud, and drug charges following an investigation that determined he posed as an auto dealer to obtain $682,980 in loan checks.
The Wisconsin legislature has passed a bill that would authorize the fast-tracking of auto retail fraud complaints and allow investigators to shutter dealerships earlier in the process.
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