Utah Dealer Accused of Selling $2 Million in Totaled Cars

Beware Of Salesmen

It's a common joke that a car salesman will say or do anything just to get a sale, which sometimes borders on the dubious. While the sentiments are negative, not all car salesmen are like this; there are very few who give credence to the saying "buyer beware."

Case in point: a car dealer has been nabbed for using very bad sales tactics, which have landed him and his dealership in hot water.

Fraud and Many More

The tragically named The Good Car Dealer in Utah (yes, we get the irony) has been put under the spotlight because of its owner's business tactics. According to a report by Automotive News, the dealer's owner, Scott Pryor, has been charged with 15 felonies after he allegedly falsified paperwork for some of his inventory.

What makes matters worse is that these falsified papers were for hail-damaged cars, which, according to the report, Pryor sold at a total sum of around $2 million. The lengths to which Pryor went had shocked authorities, who said he went as far as forging the signature of a woman who had already passed away 8 months earlier.

An investigator for the Wyoming Department of Transportation wrote an 11-page criminal affidavit that said it would have been impossible for that woman to have signed the duplicate application forged by Pryor.

Pryor was investigated after Wyoming identified 15 "very odd" applications for title replacements. Pryor would buy these cars at auction with the condition that they be sold for parts, but he would then apply for duplicate titles, claiming the originals were lost. This was uncovered by investigator Shane Fox, who wrote it in an affidavit.

Profiting off Total Losses

Pryor claims that he used Facebook to communicate with a company called Tennessee Titles and said he paid $150 per application. However, he has been unable to back up his claims with any proof or documentation of communication between him and the company in question.

It has been concluded by investigators that Pryor sold these cars at a high profit margin for himself, even though insurance companies had already declared the cars "totaled" after sustaining substantial damage.

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