Tagged fraud & crime
March 25, 2011 in Rental Operations
Unsuspecting Baltimore citizens were forced to give a down payment and hundreds of dollars in monthly payments to a man who convinced them they were in a rent-to-own car program.
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February 9, 2011
And Denny Hecker himself is set to be sentenced Feb. 11 for his role in the fraud that cost auto lenders millions of dollars.
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By Howard J. Hirsch, January 2011 in Rental Operations
The Insurance Information Institute states that 10 percent of all losses are fraudulent. That equates to higher insurance premiums for everyone. Fraud exists, but it is not easy to detect.
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October 20, 2010
Nathan Conn, of Enterprise Car Rental Group, was fined $110,000 for underpaying seven employees more than $61,000 between February 2006 and April 2008.
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September 29, 2010
Hecker’s leasing company allegedly bought "risk" vehicles from Hyundai Motor America, but treated them as "repurchase" vehicles, leading lenders to believe that Hyundai would buy them back for a set price if they did not sell within a period of time.
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September 22, 2010
Car rental employees at Salt Lake International Airport struggled with five suspects in a $500,000 jewelry robbery. No one was seriously injured in the incident.
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September 8, 2010
Former auto dealer and Advantage Rent A Car owner pleads guilty to fraud and conspiracy. Hecker faces up to 10 years in prison, but avoids a 20-year maximum sentence.
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September 8, 2010
Among the violations were credit-card charges relating to repairs for damage that either had not happened or had been exaggerated.
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September 1, 2010
Car rental employees found the gun in the vehicle and called police. Officers traced the stolen weapon to a friend of the woman who rented the car.
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August 11, 2010
Police say suspect was caught driving a rental car 18 months after he was supposed to return it.
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