The owner of a company in upstate New York that specializes in the restoration and sale of classic cars has been sentenced to two years in prison. Clark P. Rittersbach, 51, of Cape Coral, Florida, was convicted of wire fraud last week in U.S. District Court.
Rittersbach, the owner of Concours Classic Motor Cars in Wayne County, New York, was found guilty of making “misrepresentations to customers, many via email and text message, about work and acquisitions he claimed to have completed to obtain money from these customers.”
At the time of his arrest, it was reported that Rittersbach falsely billed three individuals for restoration work on their classic cars. When federal authorities asked him to provide evidence of work being done, he allegedly became unresponsive…