ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Peters was sentenced on Thursday after selling the same vehicle to online buyers in Pennsylvania and South Dakota, causing over $86,000 in financial loss.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Missouri, Ronald Johnson, 57, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for the fraudulent sale of a 2002 Ford Excursion and further defrauding vehicle owners for car repair services.
A U.S. District Judge determined Johnson had intended to cause over $315,000 in financial losses through his car restoration business named Full Out Customs LLC. Johnson had utilized social media, including Facebook, to advertise vehicles for sale and vehicle repair services.
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Back in 2022, Johnson had tricked a victim in Pennsylvania into paying $41,750 for a 2002 Ford Excursion that he had already sold to another victim in South Dakota for $45,000. Johnson had given the title to the South Dakota buyer and the SUV to the Pennsylvania buyer.