A used car dealer and his former mechanic have been jailed after trading standards services uncovered evidence of clocked cars, forged documents and knowingly “misdescribed” vehicles.
A car supermarket had more than £51,000 “skimmed” from its vehicle sales by a salesman who stole from the business in a bid to solve his financial problems.
A used car dealer who sold his employer’s stock to fund a gambling addiction has been handed an eight month suspended jail sentence and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
Corroded suspension and exhaust faults which could have allowed carbon monoxide inside a car were among issues that landed a used car dealer with a year in jail.
A “meticulous” Trading Standards investigation has led to a 12 month jail sentence for a specialist used Audi TT dealer and a six month sentence for his former mechanic.
A used car dealer has been jailed for a year after he admitted conning motorists out of cash by bouncing cheques and withholding the proceeds of their vehicles’ sale.
A 16 month jail sentence has been handed to a used car salesman who slashed 30,000 miles off the clocks of two cars and mocked complainants.
A pair of car dealers have been fined after used car they sold was repossessed from its new owner due an outstanding finance payment of £900.
Neath bodyshop DM Accident Repair Centre has been fined £20,000 after it failed to comply with an improvement notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive.
Moments after a second hand car dealer was sentenced to five months at Birmingham Crown Court his phone started to play the theme to the Great Escape.
