The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against S & K Towing, Inc. of San Clemente, Calif., alleging the company violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by illegally auctioning motor vehicles owned by military members without obtaining required court orders. The case is the latest in a string of federal enforcement actions against towing companies […]
Southern California Tow Company Owners Arrested in $5.9 Million Workers’ Compensation Fraud Scheme
Brothers alleged to have underreported payroll by nearly 14 million to lower insurance costs. Brothers Mark Hassan, 46, of Corona Del Mar, and Ahmed Hassan, 35, of Walnut, Calif. were arrested March 11 on multiple felony insurance fraud charges after a California Department of Insurance investigation found the pair allegedly underreported nearly $13.7 million in […]
Iowa Attorney General Sues General Motors Over Unauthorized Driving Data Collection and Sale
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against General Motors LLC and OnStar LLC on Feb. 26, alleging the automaker illegally collected and sold driving data from Iowa consumers without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, adds Iowa to a growing list […]
Safety-Kleen Pays $175,000 Penalty To Settle EPA Hazardous Waste Violations at New Jersey Facility
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over multiple hazardous waste violations at its facility in Linden, N.J., the agency announced March 2. The settlement requires Safety-Kleen to pay a $175,000 penalty and documents the company’s return to compliance with hazardous waste laws at the site. EPA found several […]
Nevada Man Pleads Guilty to Arson at Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas
Faces minimum statutory penalty of five years in prison. A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty on Feb. 24 to using a firearm and Molotov cocktails to destroy and damage vehicles and property at a Tesla Collision center in March 2025. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, […]
Florida Announces Arrest of Insurance Agent for Fraudulent Tow Truck Policy Scheme
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced the arrest of a licensed insurance agent and an unlicensed individual for selling fraudulent commercial insurance policies for tow trucks in Miami-Dade County. Javier Gonzalez Jr., a licensed insurance agent, and Aliba Lamas Alvarez were arrested Feb. 5 by the Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigation Division. Investigators […]
San Francisco Tow Company Operator Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Arson Conspiracy
Defendant also received concurrent 27-month sentence for fraudulent auto insurance claims scheme. Jose Vicente Badillo, the owner and operator of two San Francisco Bay Area towing companies, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a scheme to burn competitors’ tow trucks throughout the Bay Area in 2023. U.S. District Judge […]
North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison for Selling Counterfeit Airbags
Vehicle manufacturers’ testing confirmed steering wheel airbags were not built by the companies. A federal judge sentenced a Raleigh, N.C. man to one year and one day in prison for importing and selling approximately 2,500 counterfeit airbags over a two-year period, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced. Mateen Mohammad […]
GM Sues Multiple Aftermarket Parts Manufacturers, Distributors and Estimating Software Providers for Design Patent Infringement
Four federal lawsuits target parts manufacturers, parts distributors and collision estimating software providers in latest attempt at OEM design patent enforcement. General Motors LLC and GM Global Technology Operations LLC filed four patent infringement lawsuits Feb. 3 targeting numerous companies in the collision repair parts industry, alleging widespread copying of patented vehicle component designs. The […]
North Carolina Man Sentenced for Selling Dangerous Counterfeit Car Airbags
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Wednesday, that on September 30, a federal judge sentenced a Raleigh, N.C. man to one year and a day for importing and selling thousands of counterfeit car airbags into the Raleigh area over the past two years. The defendant, Mateen Mohammad Alinaghian, 31, […]
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