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The title washing scam conceals or erases salvage brandings that serve as a warning on titles for cars that insurance companies have deemed to be a total loss after events like an accident or flood.
A vehicle matching scam works by people approaching owners who have put their cars up for sale in car sales publications and promising falsely to match the sellers with buyers in return for a one-off fee. [1] On most occasions however, no buyers are found and the agent takes the fee.
These companies often don’t take tax cases if the taxpayer owes less than $10,000. Payment typically is made in the form of flat fees or percentages of negotiated amounts.
When it comes to this scam, a seller will offer an amazing deal on a car with a relatively believable reason for needing a quick sale (i.e. the cause for the amazing discount).
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Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
The prosecution against the company was deferred by agreement with the U.S. Attorney. Under its deferred prosecution agreement, the company will pay $29.6 million in fines, restitution and penalties. [4] On 10 March 2006, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan released former KPMG accounting executive David Greenberg on $25 million bail. [5]
Sheriff's officials say they are looking for additional victims who may have purchased a vehicle from the suspects, asking anyone involved to call the Taskforce for Regional Autotheft Prevention ...