Used-car dealership faces lawsuit over odometer fraud
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says used-auto dealership KBB Auto Sales rolled back odometer numbers for at least 216 cars with a combined total of 14 million miles.
That means, on average, each car had about 64,815 miles removed.
The company was dissolved in 2023, but authorities are taking the company, its owner and employees to court.
In the court document, the Republican attorney general names Brandon Billingsley, Nicolas Fortinberry and Shannon Hayes. The attorney general said the dealership fooled customers by using a tool to roll back odometer numbers or even swapping out original odometers with other vehicles to scam customers to pay more.
The state is seeking $10,000, or three times the cost of the actual damage, whatever is greater for each customer.
Rokita said, “This outright fraud unfairly gives a bad name to the good and honest people working in the used-car business. Worse than that, these unethical tactics deceive consumers who buy these vehicles with rolled-back odometers. They wind up with higher-mileage cars and trucks with more wear and tear than they thought.”