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Protect Your Business and Customers from Odometer Rollbacks with CARFAX
2015-07-23 17:35:47| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The recent arrest of a Kansas City man accused of rolling back odometers and selling them to unsuspecting buyers is further evidence that odometer fraud is an ongoing problem for dealers and consumers. In fact, CARFAX research suggests that nearly 200,000 new cases of odometer fraud like this one happen every year. Many people mistakenly believe […] The Article Protect Your Business and Customers from Odometer Rollbacks with CARFAX appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Missouri Obtains Restitution for Consumer Victims of Odometer Fraud
2015-04-25 19:36:50| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
An investigation by the Attorney General's Office, the Missouri Department of Revenue and the Office of Odometer Fraud in the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration found Bolton misrepresented the actual mileage of vehicles offered for sale by his Excel Auto Group in 2011 and 2012. Last year, Bolton pled guilty to two class D felony unlawful merchandising practices charges, admitting to misrepresenting the mileage on two vehicles.
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Car Salesman Caught on Hidden Camera Committing Odometer Fraud Faces Prison
2015-03-16 16:05:48| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A Woodland Hills man is set to be sentenced today for rolling back vehicle odometers in a three-year scheme in which people paid up to $400 to avoid penalties for exceeding mileage limits on leases or to increase auto trade-in values. Jeffrey Levy, 62, a former salesman at Galpin Ford in North Hills, faces up to three years in federal prison and as much as $1 million in fines, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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Used car salesman jailed in odometer rollback scam
2014-12-21 22:06:00| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A used car salesman has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for rolling back the odometers of vehicles sold at a Lancaster County auto auction. Edward Capicchioni, 54, of Massapequa, N.Y., was also ordered to pay $412,880 in restitution to victims who unwittingly purchased the tampered vehicles.
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U.S. charges former Ford salesman with odometer fraud
2014-09-12 23:09:17| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The Justice Department said Friday a former salesman at a Los Angeles-area Ford dealership and another man were charged with odometer tampering. Jeffrey Levy, 62, and Shamai Salpeter, 65, both of Woodland Hills, Calif., were charged in separate criminal informations with conspiracy to commit odometer tampering.
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