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Justice Department Settles with Florida Towing Company for Illegally Selling or Scrapping Servicemembers’ Vehicles

September 11, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Justice Department announced it reached an agreement with ASAP Towing & Storage Company in Jacksonville, Fla, to resolve allegations that ASAP violated a federal law, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), by auctioning off or otherwise disposing of cars owned by protected servicemembers without first obtaining court orders. Under the agreement, ASAP must pay […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Florida, Lawsuits, Towing, U.S. DOJ

U.S. Justice Department Sues Florida Towing Company for Unlawfully Selling Car Belonging to Deployed Servicemember

August 21, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida alleging that Target Recovery Towing Inc. and Target Recovery & Transport Inc. violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), by failing to obtain a court order before auctioning off a car belonging to a U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant who was deployed overseas.  The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lawsuits, Towing, U.S. DOJ

San Francisco Area Collision Repair Shop Operator Charged with Wire Fraud

June 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Government alleges defendant orchestrated kickback scheme and lied to secure PPP loan. Geoffrey M. Palermo, owner of GMP Cars, was charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud and making false statements in a loan application in connection with multiple schemes to defraud from 2013 to 2020. According to the complaint, Palermo, 56, of Novato, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Lawsuits, Paycheck Protection Program, U.S. DOJ

AASP Massachusetts Urge Members Support 1963 Consent Decree

September 10, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA) is urging its membership and collision repair industry members throughout the country to oppose the Department of Justice’s proposed termination of US v. Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, et al, commonly referred to in the collision repair industry as the 1963 Consent Decree. The association […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, AASP/MA, U.S. DOJ

Justice Department Extends Public Comment Period on 1963 Consent Decree Until October 2

August 22, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Members of the collision repair industry that want to see the 1963 insurance antitrust consent decree applied to the insurance industry in the 21st century have a few more weeks to make their case to enforce the decree. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division posted on its website detailing the listing of consent […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, AASP-NJ, Anti-Steering, Antitrust, Auto Body Association of Connecticut, U.S. DOJ

U.S. Senator Blumenthal Joins Collision Repair Association in Call to Preserve 1963 Consent Decree

August 20, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Blumenthal Press Conference

Senator Blumenthal has repeatedly called on the U.S. DOJ to enforce the 1963 insurance industry antitrust consent decree to protect consumers and competition. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut joined members of the Auto Body Association of Connecticut yesterday to warn the public of the potential consequences of the proposed termination of a 1963 consent […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, Anti-Steering, Antitrust, Auto Body Association of Connecticut, U.S. DOJ

AASP/NJ Urges Collision Repair Industry to Defend 1963 Consent Decree

August 19, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) is taking action in defense of the 1963 insurance industry antitrust consent decree that has been proposed for termination by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). AASP/NJ has created an online petition to assist members in quickly submitting their comments and telling the DOJ just […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, AASP-NJ, Antitrust, U.S. DOJ

1963 Insurance Anti-Trust Consent Decree Nominated for Termination

August 9, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

For decades collision repair facility operators who oppose insurance company direct repair programs and labor rate setting have sought to have an over 55 year old consent decree applied to today’s industry. The 1963 consent decree reached between the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and three insurance industry trade associations has been nominated to be officially […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, Antitrust, Direct Repair Programs, Labor Rates, U.S. DOJ

Counterfeit Airbag Supplier Sentenced To Prison

June 17, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Counterfeit Air Bag Supplier Sentenced to Prison

Ohio man ordered to pay over $75,000 and serve one year in prison. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that David Nichols, 69, of Marysville, Ohio, who was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit air bags, was sentenced to serve one year in prison and ordered to pay $75,846 in restitution by U.S. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Counterfeit Airbags, Counterfeit Parts, Lawsuits, U.S. DOJ

Maryland Used Auto Parts and Scrap Dealers Convicted of Tax Fraud

June 10, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

A married couple in Clinton, Md. were convicted by a federal jury on June 7 of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and four counts of filing false income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fraud, Lawsuits, Maryland, Recycled Parts, Tax, U.S. DOJ

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