The ex-Kia dealer from Oklahoma was also forced to forfeit over $1 million after being convicted of wire fraud related to auto loans
We’ve all heard stories about cars salesmen lining their pockets by inflating the prices of desirable cars, such as the $133k Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 to which one dealership tried to add a $250k markup. But one former Kia dealer has just been handed a lengthy jail term for a far more serious, and far less legal, scam.
Mayes and co-workers Charles Gooch and Courtney Wells, were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in November 2021, but while awaiting sentencing in 2022 Wells and her boyfriend fled to Mexico, eventually being captured and returned to the U.S. that October.
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