Man accused of stealing 9 cars before burning them
Firefighters rushed to the scene but were unable to extinguish the blaze and the entire dealership was destroyed go through Brad Anderson November 11, 2024 18:29 Stolen vehicles were found abandoned at various locations in Anderson County. The dealership was completely destroyed in the fire and officially declared a total loss. Police are investigating why the suspect, who is from Spartanburg, did what he did. South Carolina police have arrested a 53-year-old man who allegedly stole nine vehicles from an Anderson County dealership and then burned the entire dealership to the ground. The theft occurred on Nov. 6, but authorities were able to piece together the incident after responding to a fire at Deals on Wheels. After extinguishing the flames, they discovered multiple cars were missing from the parking lot. The suspect, Charles Chambers, is believed to have carried out the thefts entirely on his own and abandoned the cars in various locations across the county. A car was found…
Tennessee man accused of defrauding Ford in repackaging
A Tennessee company allegedly purchased old Ford injectors, repackaged them and then sold them as new injectors using fake labels, decals and logos go through Brad Anderson 10 hours ago A company in Tennessee is selling used injectors and packaging them as new, genuine Ford replacement parts. The fraud took advantage of Ford's rebate system and triggered a sweeping Homeland Security investigation. Investigators said the scheme involved selling repackaged used syringes at inflated prices, with profits exceeding $170 per sale. Two Tennessee men are accused of defrauding Ford Motor Co., one of the world's largest automakers, with an elaborate deceptive fuel injector. John Alan Nebel, 39, and Joshua David Nichols, 52, now face serious federal charges that could result in up to 20 jail sentences each. years in prison and a hefty fine of $250,000. It's a shocking legal saga, not just because of the scope of the fraud but because of the blatant nature of the deception. Authorities said…
Indiana car dealer accused of returning odometer 14
The state accuses dealers of lowering the odometers on at least 216 cars and then selling them to unsuspecting customers September 26, 2024 17:10 An Indianapolis used car dealer is being sued by the state of Indiana for lowering the odometers on at least 216 vehicles. The state claims the total mileage rolled back is at least 14,058,135 miles. The state is seeking consumer restitution, damages and civil penalties. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against KBB Auto Sales, accusing them of lowering the odometers on at least 216 vehicles and then selling them to unsuspecting customers. Worse, the attorney general's office says these weren't just small rollbacks, but massive rollbacks totaling more than 14 million miles (22,530,816 kilometers). To put this staggering number into perspective, the average back-mileage per vehicle is 64,815 miles (104,310 kilometers). Additionally, NASA notes that the average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers), so the total rollback is equivalent to…
Rhode Island mayor accused of unauthorized use of classic MGB
The lawsuit alleges that Kenneth Hopkins drove off with the Providence resident's MG without transferring the money or receiving a bill of sale go through Chris Chilton 12 hours ago The mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging he fled in a classic MGB without paying the owner or even agreeing to sell it. Davide Broccoli claims Ken Hopkins has been pressuring him to give up ownership of the 1975 roadster since then and has also been harassing him. Hopkins said Broccoli handed him the keys and told him to drive away, and that the lawsuit was intended to embarrass him ahead of the Republican primary. The mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, has been accused of being a thieving bully who took a classic British MG sports car without paying the owner and harassed him into giving up the title. In the lawsuit, Davide Broccoli's legal team accused Mayor Kenneth Hopkins of "unlawfully taking the…
WorldECR | Extradition of Bulgarian national accused
Home > information > Extradition of Bulgarian national accused of illegally exporting U.S. technology to Russia A Bulgarian national extradited from Greece faces U.S. indictment for allegedly “purchasing sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits from the United States and illegally exporting them to Russia via Bulgaria without obtaining the required U.S. government licenses in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA).” The U.S. Department of Justice said on August 12 that the indictment alleges that between at least May 2014 and May 2018, Milan Dimitrov, 50, and two accomplices used the Bulgarian company Multi-Technology Integration Group EEOD (“MTIG”) to receive export-controlled items from the United States and transship them to Russia without obtaining the required licenses. The parts were shipped to Bulgaria in 2015, the company said, and MTIG forwarded them to the Russian company shortly afterward, paying more than $1 million for them. Dimitrov is charged with two counts of violating IEEPA,…
Toyota accused of monopolizing hydrogen fuel cell market
The lawsuit claims Toyota effectively forces Mirai owners to get their hydrogen from First Element and that the company chooses to produce hydrogen from fossil fuels instead of more environmentally friendly alternatives. go through Chris Chilton August 2, 2024 18:15 Toyota Motor Corp. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging it has engaged in anti-competitive behavior to monopolize the market for hydrogen fuel for vehicles. The lawsuit claims Toyota is tying owners of its hydrogen-powered Mirai to one supplier, First Element, by blocking other hydrogen suppliers from entering the market. The company also claimed that First Element gas stations were often in poor condition, meaning Toyota was in breach of the Mirai's warranty. Toyota is the target of a class-action lawsuit that alleges it used anticompetitive business practices to monopolize the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market in California, causing drivers to pay more to fill up their Mirai FCEVs and millions of dollars of taxpayer funds to be wasted…
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