Shop owner/source of my E30 Nightmare Pleads Guilty to Theft and Tax Evasion

"Battery Tender Unnecessary" (carac)
05/31/2016 at 18:05 • Filed to: None

There are still a couple of civil lawsuits against him for fraud and theft. Hopefully this is the first of many servings of justice. I still have very little hope of ever seeing the $12k+ I gave for a butchered S14 motor.

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DISCUSSION (16)

DrJohannVegas > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:11

Kinja'd!!!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:11

What a prick.

petebmwm > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:12

still not enough.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > petebmwm
05/31/2016 at 18:12

Nope. But a start.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:14

Also, any news on that Focus RS?

Steve in Manhattan > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:15

Justice is slow, and often wrong ... but you might get there in this case.

jariten1781 > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:21

Oooo, criminal charges. State rarely goes for that on fraud, but putting your hands in their tax jar is one way to force it.

Gotta feel good he’s got that scarlet mark now even if you never collect. Best of luck.

Honeybunchesofgoats > jariten1781
05/31/2016 at 18:23

Don’t mess with taxes.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:34

I wonder if you sue him for the money owed, if he didn’t have the money, if you could somehow get the judge to agree to something else... like forced daily rectal exams for a year with a turkey baster that would then be used to baste the guy with.

S65 > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 18:42

Whatever Happened To Your E30?

StudyStudyStudy > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 19:15

Holy poop man, sorry you had to deal with that. Makes me not regret doing my own work from time to time.

It's a "Porch-uh" > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 19:16

Kinja'd!!!

yamahog > Battery Tender Unnecessary
05/31/2016 at 19:53

If he someone slithers out from under the long arm of the law, at least he knows he’ll have a solid future at Hennessey.

BLCKSTRM > Battery Tender Unnecessary
06/01/2016 at 12:49

Are you still trying to recover what you spent with him? If so, I wish you the best of luck.

Your story only reinforces my belief that a careful - nay, meticulous owner is better off doing his homework and then doing the work himself.

It scares me to death to leave my M3 with anyone for any reason - I couldn’t even stay in the waiting room when I did my last inspection. I had to walk around back and watch them.

Your story just makes my blood boil and makes me even more paranoid.

Am I correct that you at least finally have the car back and properly rebuilt?

And are you in Austin (since it was Patrick who drove it)?

Battery Tender Unnecessary > BLCKSTRM
06/02/2016 at 13:07

A lawyer representing people that got screwed by him, pro-bono, was waiting for this tax trial to finish since it makes the civil cases look even more legitimate.

The engine was rebuilt by Korman in Greensboro, NC. Who know what they’re doing.

Patrick drove it when he was still in DC, I’m in VA.

BLCKSTRM > Battery Tender Unnecessary
06/02/2016 at 14:42

I wish you luck once that case is finished. Assholes get away with so much these days...

I was hoping we could meet up and go for a hill country drive.

I was supposed to be in Charlottesville today, but our trip got postponed until later this year. I wouldn’t have the M3, though (and I doubt I could keep up with you on those fantastic roads in an Escalade full of kids. But I’d be willing to try!).