Car purchase fraud issue.....what's next course of action

You give far too much credit to DMV's. Fraudulent paperwork and registration services make it fairly easy to do what was done here. I'll let Ric provide an update if he'd like.

 

First off, I want to thank you for all your help Andy...heaven knows how many rabbit holes I would have gone down trying to figure out how to resolve the issue I had with the seller....I owe you señor...if there is anything I can do for you in the future, do not hesitate to get in touch....

To all...Andy was instrumental in resolving the issue I had with the seller....short version of the story....money was returned....

I learned so much going through the process and moving forward, have a much better understanding of how this used car/auction market works....

Thanks again for all your help Andy....
R

 

That’s some very good news ...,
Was it the Seller who pulled off this crap or someone else ?

 

Hey Now ... a guy living in Baltimore is calling me stupid ??

 

Haven't looked at the OPs ad. But vehicle ads like these are a dime a dozen.

 

Awesome news

 

Come on in. The water is fine here.

 

It appears as though it may have been either the seller or an associate of the seller…
Not 100% sure as the extent of my conversations were with an individual related to the seller.

 

Glad you got your money back.

 

So what exactly happened?

 

The OP entered a non disclosure agreement.

 

Just glad I could help.

There's no non-disclosure, I'd say it's more of a he doesn't know everything that was done. Short version, wholesale dealer allows relatives to buy vehicles at auction under his wholesale license. A relative bought the Ridgeline at auction, rolled back the odometer, used fraudulent paperwork to get the title then put it up for sale. I was able to talk to almost everyone involved from the original owner to the seller. After I knew Ric got his money back, I forwarded what I had to DMV investigations.

 

It reads as if you might be familiar with this type of thing and nailed it. Well done either way.

 

Glad you didn't let the shit eaters off the hook!

 

Fkng hell, the beeb comes thru again. I'm impressed on this one.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/miami-car-dealer-rolled-back-001139899.html