An auto dealer in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, faces over 130 charges for fraudulent vehicle sales practices. Among the charges made against the owner of Yeni Auto Sales are forgery, tampering with records, deceptive or fraudulent business practices, and the possession of altered, forged, or counterfeit documents or plates.
Following an investigation by the State Police Vehicle Fraud Investigations Unit and the Pennsylvania Department of State, the owner of the auto dealership also faces 130 violations of Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. These violations are in addition to the criminal charges, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.
The violations are related to the “improper handling, reassignment, and processing of vehicle titles at his dealership, as well as charges under the Pennsylvania Board of Vehicles Act for substantial misrepresentation of facts in a vehicle sale, unprofessional conduct, and willful failure to display his dealership license.”
This is the latest in a string of arrests of car dealers
Recently, a judge sentenced a Nashville car dealer after a jury found him guilty of fraud. He received a sentence of 42 months in federal prison. The car dealership fraudulently obtained over $24 million dollars that it was not entitled to receive…