Edward Cicciu, who sold 47 people cars from his Swansea, Massachusetts, lot without ever handing over a title, is headed to prison for at least four years and owes them $340,380.76.
The 48-year-old Attleboro man admitted 120 counts at his Nov. 6 hearing in Fall River, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Swansea Police Chief Mark Foley said in a joint statement. Judge Raffi N. Yessayan gave him four to six years at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, with five years of probation to follow.
Titles He Never Paid For, Plates That Were Fake
His business, Bristol County Auto Exchange, sat on Route 6 in Swansea, which locals know as the G.A.R. Highway. Police opened an investigation in May 2024, after buyers complained that they had paid for cars but never got the titles they needed to register them…